The council's decisions must be approved by L. Paul Bremer, the chief U.S. administrator in Iraq, and aides said unofficially that his imprimatur for this change was unlikely.

After months of legal and political wrangling, an amendment to Iraq's Personal Status Law that entered into force on February 17, 2025, violates women's and girls' rights to equality before the ...

While Farzaneh focuses on women during Iran-Iraq War, he provides ample background both to the diplomacy and to the politics that preceded Saddam’s invasion, and the situation of women in the ...

More than 300,000 women served tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, Manning said. At least 179 of them died and more than 1,000 were wounded during various operations, according to federal data ...

Iraq's Personal Status Law, which governs matters of marriage, divorce, child custody and inheritance for Muslims in Iraq, was considered one of the most progressive in the region at the time of ...

Image by Robert Bociaga. Women’s barriers and climate change In Iraq, climate change has intensified environmental challenges such as drought, desertification and water scarcity.

On January 21st, Iraq's parliament approved three controversial laws. One empowers clerics to determine the marriage age for girls. This has raised concerns among women's rights organizations and ...