Post #7: More Info on Iraqi Women

Iraq Women’s Rights:

http://news.change.org/stories/women-s-rights-in-iraq-decreasing-by-the-day

-Iraq women could divorce, inherit property, study work and live under Saddam

-New Iraqi constitution now contains laws=no law can contradict rulings of Islam, modern laws and politics= under control of conservative Islamic groups, with support of Iranian government

-Iraq women now risk their lives going to school or work, under the occupation women now have decreased security and decreased rights, being targets of religious groups as victims of kidnapping and murder b/c of dressing “inappropriately or attending university 

-If their husbands are hurt, detained or murdered women are economically threatened

Iraq Women’s Rights-Aljeezera:

http://www.aljazeera.com/focus/2010/03/201031965344341860.html

- On July 14^th 1958 Personal Status Law=gave Iraqi women many of the rights Western women do today

-Women are more under pressure to marry young for better security

-Prior to occupation there was rarely an abduction of a woman

This set-back might be related to the modern and secular standard of living decline since 2003

-Also many women flee their homes when their husbands were arrested by occupation forces, this happens b/c a household w/o a male figure became more vulnerable sine 2003  

Both Have information that proves that women are still under extreme oppression. It is especially interesting that Saddam, someone who is seen as a cruel and evil man by the US actually gave women in the Middle East more rights than they have currently under US occupation. That information really shows that perspective is very important when it comes to history.