The Personal Status Law, adopted in 1959, has been amended to allow Iraqis to choose whether they want their marriages governed by Sunni law or the Jaafari Code, in accordance with Shiite law. Once ...

Iraq wants to return hundreds of foreign women and their children detained in the country, though two foreign diplomats told ...

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Iraq’s personal status law passed in 1959 is broadly perceived as a strong foundation largely protecting women and children’s rights.

Unlike in other Middle East countries, women's leadership in Iraq's pink and purple protests has moved from the streets to political representation, demonstrated by electoral gains made by women.

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Elizabeth Goitein's May 24 op-ed, "Stand Up for Iraqi Women," unfairly criticized the Bush administration for paying insufficient attention to the situation of women in Iraq. In fact, we are doing ...

BAGHDAD (AP) Iraq's state minister for women's affairs has quit to protest a lack of resources for a daunting task improving the lives of "a full army of widows" and other women left poor or abandoned ...

With U.S. forces scheduled to begin withdrawal from Iraq this summer, Iraq must now take the lead in rebuilding itself. Iraqi scientists and engineers will hold the key to the future, and Iraqi ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. In the five years since the U.S. invasion of Iraq, women have faced ...

One year after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, then-President George W. Bush told a gathering at the White House: "Every woman in Iraq is better off because the rape rooms and torture chambers of ...

Many Iraqi women fear parliament will open the door to child marriages as lawmakers consider giving religious authorities more power over family law.