Iraq already has a problem with child marriages. As it currently stands, the Personal Status Act (No. 188 of 1959) sets up the minimum age for marriage at 18 years for women and men, with a legal ...

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.

By Georgena Habbaba ACI MENA, Nov 29, 2024 / 06:00 am Recent attempts to amend Iraq’s Personal Status Law — a civil set of laws regarding family life — have sparked significant controversy.

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 ...

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.

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 ...