Open AccessIraqi Women: Untold Stories from 1948 to the Present
Author(s) -
Zainab Bahrani
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
al-raida
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2226-4841
pISSN - 0259-9953
DOI - 10.32380/alrj.v0i0.168
Subject(s) - interim , government (linguistics) , political science , social life , history , socioeconomics , law , economic history , economic growth , sociology , ethnology , economics , philosophy , linguistics
The US-UK war against Iraq and the continuing occupation of the country has resulted in a catastrophic upheaval of Iraqi society, and the obliteration of anything resembling a normal human existence for its people. One of the most significant social changes brought about by the occupation and the interim Iraqi government is in women’s legal status and their conditions of daily life.