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Iraqi girls raise weights and eyebrows | The Nation

BAGHDAD  - A conservative, Shiite-majority area of Baghdad serves as the unlikely base for Iraq's first female national weightlifting team, which is due to compete in Morocco on Thursday.The team of four usually trains at a club in Sadr city, an...

Fighting female genital mutilation, one village at a time | ABS-CBN News

TUTAKAL, Iraq - Amena practised female genital mutilation in her remote village in Iraqi Kurdistan for so many years that she struggles to recall how many girls passed through her hands.

Despite law vs. female genital mutilation, practice still goes on in Kurdistan | Pinoy Abroad | GMA News Online | The Go-To Site for Filipinos Everywhere

TUTAKAL, Iraq - Amena practised female genital mutilation in her remote village in Iraqi Kurdistan for so many years that she struggles to recall how many girls passed through her hands.

How blaming the West hides a war on women | The Japan Times Online

The targeting of Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old girl shot nearly two weeks ago by a Pakistani Taliban assassin, brought back memories of my teenage years in Tehran, where theocratic zealots were similarly in control. The words of the Taliban's...

Round table on violence against women held : Aswat Al Iraq

Fighting female genital mutilation, one Kurdish village at a time - Chicago Tribune

TUTAKAL, Iraq (Reuters) - Amena practiced female genital mutilation in her remote village in Iraqi Kurdistan for so many years that she struggles to recall how many girls passed through her hands.

TheDartmouth.com: Salbi discusses Iraqi women’s rights

Salbi discusses Iraqi women’s rights Women’s rights activist Zainab Salbi criticized the United States for the Iraq War’s detrimental effects o

History of Africa Otherwise: Iraq: Minister of Women rejects gender equality.

In September 2011, the federal Minister of State for Women's Affairs has raised an outcry: Dr. Ibtihal Gasid al-Zaidi said it was against gender equality.

Iraqi Women's Activist Rebuffs U.S. Claims of a Freer Iraq: "This Is Not a Democratic Country"

Yanar Mohammed, president of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq, joins us to discuss the impact of the nearly nine-year U.S. occupation, particularly on Iraqi women. "The Iraqi cities are now much more destroyed than they were, I would say,...

Abused Iraqi Women Fear Stigma - The Daily Beast

Laws to protect women from domestic violence stand little chance of passing.

Capturing Iraqi women’s struggle for peace / Waging Nonviolence - People-Powered News and Analysis

Nothing, not even an ongoing war, could keep Sister Martha Ann Kirk from embarking on two separate research trips to Iraq in the summer of 2010 and again this past June.

Iraqi Women Abused Under Unchanging Laws

BAGHDAD -- Salma Jassim was beaten, kicked out of her marital home with her newborn daughter on her shoulder and then deserted by her husband. But she says the threat she faces from her own family, who feel shamed because of her divorce, is just as...

Iraqi woman kidnapped, tortured by government - Bikya Masr : Bikya Masr

An Iraqi woman was kidnapped and tortured by the Iraqi government, the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI) reported.

Hopes dim to change Iraq laws to protect women - Boston.com

Salma Jassim was beaten, kicked out of her marital home with her newborn daughter on her shoulder and then deserted by her husband. But she says the threat she faces from her own family, who feel

Human rights in Iraq remain fragile amid armed violence, torture and impunity UN

Armed violence continues to affect large numbers of Iraqis, with minorities, women and children suffering disproportionately, torture widely reported and impunity rife, according to a United Nations report released today.

Opinion: The United States must stop the Iraqi massacre - CNN.com

The July 5 ruling by the Dutch Appeals Court on the responsibility of the Dutch government for the 1995 massacre of Bosnian Muslims by the Serb army reminds us of one of the darkest stains on recent history. It will not swiftly fade, not least...

Iraq Remains Dangerous – U.S. Obligation to Iraqi Refugees Persists | Human Rights First

Human Rights First builds respect for human rights and the rule of law to help ensure the dignity to which everyone is entitled and to stem intolerance, tyranny, and violence.

Iraqi Kurdistan bans female genital mutilation - Yahoo! News

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday welcomed a draft law banning female genital mutilation by the regional government in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Iraqi Kurdistan: Law Banning FGM a Positive Step | Human Rights Watch

(Beirut) - A Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) law that bans female genital mutilation (FGM) is a crucial step in eradicating the practice, Human Rights Watch said today. The Family Violence Bill, approved by the Kurdistan parliament on June 21,...

Minority women deliberately targeted for rape and other violence | write2kill.in

In Iraq, Christian and other religious minority women have been forced to wear a head-scarf to protect themselves from violent attack, the report says.

IRIN Middle East | IRAQ: Female harassment from religious conservatives | Iraq | Conflict | Gender Issues | Governance | Human Rights

Many women in the southern Iraqi city of Basra say they have been forced to wear a headscarf or restrict their movements in fear of harassment from men.

OpEdNews - Article: Dahlia Wasfi and the Tragedy of Iraq, Part 4: Survival, Women's Rights and Death Squads

This is the last in my series based on a two hour interview with Dr. Dahlia Wasfi on her experiences in and reflections on Iraq under the American occupation. Her final advice: End the occupation. Enough harm has been done.

European Convention on Human Rights applied in Basrah, UK failed duties to Iraqi civillians « UK Human Rights Blog

« A phone hacking scandal refresher European Convention on Human Rights applied in Basrah, UK failed duties to Iraqi civillians July 7, 2011 by Ad

US law students help resettle Iraqi refugees - Yahoo! News

As a Christian human rights activist in Iraq, Ban Jamil Yousef Katto lived in fear. Her priest and friends were killed in a church massacre and nearby explosions twice destroyed her apartment in Baghdad.

Despite democracy in Iraq, women actually losing freedoms - CSMonitor.com

A new report shows gains for women's rights across most of North Africa and the Middle East. But not in Iraq. The country with a large US military presence for so many years is actually backsliding when it comes to overall conditions for women.

Iraqi Kurdistan: Prevent Attacks on Protesters | Human Rights Watch

(Beirut) - Security forces under the control of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) stood by and watched as dozens of masked men attacked protesters in Sulaimaniya on March 6, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. Assailants were allowed to beat...

The Iraqi Women’s League | ThePrisma.co.uk

Founded 59 years ago, this organization based in Iraq has been fighting to improve women’s condition in Iraq. To mark International Women’s day and [...]

Out-of-Control Human Rights Abuses in Iraq | War Is A Crime .org

Home » Blogs » Stephen Lendman's blog Out-of-Control Human Rights Abuses in Iraq Submitted by Stephen Lendman on Sun, 2011-03-06 10:15 Iraq Out-of-...

At a Crossroads: Human Rights in Iraq Eight Years after the US-Led Invasion

Global Policy Forum is a policy watchdog that follows the work of the United Nations. We promote accountability and citizen participation in decisions on peace and security, social justice and international law.

Rights Group Lashes U.S. on Status of Iraq Women | Womens eNews

The international rights group Madre chastises the Bush administration for supporting Islamist groups and allowing an erosion of women's rights in Iraq. Rape allegations directed at Iraqi forces are focusing the debate on U.S. involvement in Iraq.

Women’s Rights and the Future of Iraq :: Iraq Daily Times

Divisions between secularists and Islamists represent a major fault line in Iraqi society in the post-Saddam Hussein years. Indeed, ideological conflict is enshrined in Iraq’s new constitution, adopted in 2005

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2011 looks grim for progress on women's rights in Iraq | McClatchy

Men view a Baghdad display that warns that women who don't wear the hijab, or traditional Muslim head covering, will be punished in the afterlife. ...

UNHCR | Refworld | Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa 2010 - Iraq

Refworld is the leading source of information necessary for taking quality decisions on refugee status. Refworld contains a vast collection of reports relating to situations in countries of origin, policy documents and positions, and documents...

The Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI)

The Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI)

How the US Erase Womens Rights in Iraq

Prior to the arrival of U.S. forces, Iraqi women were free to go wherever they wish and wear whatever they like. The 1970 Iraqi constitution, gave ...

Women's Rights in Iraq - Oprah.com

Oprah Radio host Dr. Robin Smith talks to Yanar Mohammed, director of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq about her fight for women's rights.

Iraqi Constitution and women's rights - SourceWatch

Thank you for all of your contributions to SourceWatch in 2010! To read our New Year's message, please click here. Iraqi Constitution and women's r...

Iraq: Women's rights in danger - Worldnews.com

Prior to the US-led invasion of Iraq, women working in the public and government sectors were entitled to receive a year's maternity leave under family laws enforced by the former Saddam Hussein leadership. In the seven years since the US-led...

Women's Rights in Iraq: Decreasing by the Day | Change.org News

Change.org is the leading site for social change, providing daily news and information about important social issues and empowering people to take action.

Scared women are packing pistols in Iraq - The National

Each night before she goes to sleep, Umm Shekar checks to make sure her pistol is loaded and tucks it beneath her mattress. Increasingly worried about being robbed by criminal gangs or insurgents, the mother of six bought the weapon so she could...

Domestic Violence…Another Form of Violence Facing Iraq « Drafting a New Story: Women's Rights in the Middle East

Domestic Violence…Another Form of Violence Facing Iraq 29 Jul Read the full article in Arabic at Alesbuyia News July 27, 2010 With the decline in s...

In Iraq, 'a disastrously high number of widows' | Richmond Times-Dispatch

- Three decades of wars, massacres and sectarian killings have left Iraq with as many as a million widows, by the Iraqi government's count. Hameeda Ayed is one of them.

Women, Islam, and the New Iraq | Foreign Affairs

Home › Features › Essays › Women, Islam, and the New Iraq Women, Islam, and the New Iraq By Isobel Coleman January/February 2006 Print Send to frie...

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Judge a Presidency By Its Crises Avoided - TIME

How Presidents consider the alternative reality in order to keep bad things from getting worse

Top Female Legislator Draws Controversy - IWPR Institute for War & Peace Reporting

As Maha al-Douri waits for her second term in parliament, she is caught between conflicting public perceptions - a hero to the poor and oppressed t...