In June 2024, the International Rescue Committee (IRC), alongside the Women Empowerment Organization (WEO), hosted a pivotal five-day training program in Iraq for 20 members of the Women Peace Network ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr Ewelina U Ochab is a Forbes contributor, lawyer, and author. Aug 17, 2024, 09:08am EDT Aug 19, 2024, 05:34am EDT A woman walks ...

Recent attempts to amend Iraq’s Personal Status Law — a civil set of laws regarding family life — have sparked significant controversy. The proposed amendments pertain to issues such as the minimum ...

My second trip to Iraq since the liberation of Baghdad grabbed some headlines because of a rocket attack on our hotel. But a visit to a new women's center in the city of Hillah said more about Iraq's ...

United States President Barack Obama announced an end to the Iraq War. This effectively brought an end to nine years of American troops being deployed in West Asia. Gone with the Wind, one of the ...

An amendment to Iraq’s 1959 Personal Status law was officially proposed in the Iraqi parliament on Aug. 4. The draft law could theoretically make it legal for girls as young as nine years old to get ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Thousands Join to Boost Women’s Participation in Politics Ahead of Iraq’s upcoming ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - About two dozen Iraqi women demonstrated on Saturday in Baghdad against a draft law approved by the Iraqi cabinet that would permit the marriage of nine-year-old girls and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul Iddon is a freelance journalist focused on Middle East affairs. Iraq was one of the regional countries that temporarily ...

I knew from the first few seconds that “Warfare” was going to be a different kind of war movie. Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland’s film about a real battle in the Iraq War opens with a sexy, 80s ...