In Iraqi society, women are expected to be married in their teens or early 20s. Women who cross the 30-year threshold and are single face powerful social stigmas and live under heavy limitations.

Single Women's Issues: Iraq, Healthcare, And Terrorism. February 22, 2007 / 8:58 PM EST / US News Getting out of Iraq, making healthcare affordable, and keeping America safe from terrorism top ...

Iraqi women walk at the site of a car bomb explosion in Baghdad on June 18, 2014. ... They look at single women as a victim and they will hunt her." Umm Ali, who declined to give her full name, ...

It is 10 years after the invasion of Iraq, and images of Iraqi women from various political parties are filling the streets of Baghdad ahead of April’s local elections – a sign to casual ...

Iraqi Women, Fighting for a Voice. Activists Confront Dual Powers of Religion, Tribalism. December 6, 2008. By Sudarsan Raghavan. IRBIL, Iraq -- Hawjin Hama Rashid, a feisty journalist in ...

Iraq is predominantly Shia, although around 40% of the population is Sunni Muslim. Adopted in 1959, the current law unifies all segments of society under a single code while enshrining the 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.

In a roomful of Iraqi and American women, brought together to explore how they can join to build a new Iraq, the discussions are stuck in recrimina ...

Iraq already has a problem with child marriages. As it currently stands, the Personal Status Act (No. 188 of 1959) sets up the minimum age for marriage at 18 years for women and men, with a legal ...

After months of legal and political wrangling, an amendment to Iraq's Personal Status Law that entered into force on February 17, 2025, violates women's and girls' rights to equality before the ...

It is 10 years after the invasion of Iraq, and images of Iraqi women from various political parties are filling the streets of Baghdad ahead of April’s local elections – a sign to casual ...