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The Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq was founded as a way to advocate for these issues and provide protection for vulnerable and at risk women. To aid women in jeopardy of honor killings, limited employment options, limited access to health [ 7 ] or civil protections, [ 6 ] and other acts of violence, the organization has developed ...
The Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI) is another Non-governmental organization committed to the defense of women's rights in Iraq. It has been very active in Iraq for several years, with thousands of members, and it is the Iraqi women's rights organization with the largest international profile.
Jannat Al Ghezi (Arabic: جنات الغزي) is an Iraqi human right activist and the Deputy Director of Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq.She and her organization help people caught in the Iraqi Civil War and they helped Yazidis and women of other cultures escape from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant despite the grave risk involved.
Iraq’s 1959 law was heavily influenced by the Iraqi Women’s League and is one of the most progressive laws in the region, according to Nadje Al-Ali, a professor of anthropology and Middle East ...
Yanar Mohammed (Arabic: ينار محمد; born 1960) is a prominent Iraqi feminist who was born in Baghdad.She is a co-founder and the director of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq, and serves as the editor of the newspaper Al-Mousawat (Equality).
[3] [4] In 1991, the United States Congress lifted the country's prohibition on women flying warplanes in combat. [5] Women soldiers who were taken prisoner by Iraqi forces faced torture and sexual assault. [6] Women soldiers also sometimes faced sexual assault from male soldiers who were fighting alongside them. [7]
Nasarwasalam, Iraq, January 30, 2005. Iraqi women set out to vote in the first free elections held in Iraq. Security for the polling site was provided by the Iraqi Security Force (ISF) and members of the US Marines Corps.
Women in Iraq at the beginning of the 21st century face a status that is influenced by many factors, including wars (most recently the Iraq War), sectarian religious conflict, debates concerning Islamic law and Iraq's Constitution, cultural traditions, and modern secularism. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi women have been widowed as a result of ...