DemocracyNow.org - Yanar Mohammed, president of the Organization of Women\'s Freedom in Iraq, is interviewed on Democracy Now! about the impact of the nearly nine-year long U.S. occupation, particularly on Iraqi women. \"The Iraqi cities are now much more destroyed than they were five years ago,\" Mohammed says. \"At the same time, we have turned to a society of 99 percent poor and 1 percent rich due to the policies that were imposed in Iraq.\" Moahmmed decries the repression of Iraqi protesters that joined the Arab Spring in a February 25th action. \"The women are the biggest losers in all of this. We went to the Iraqi squares, we demonstrated, but got oppressed in ways that are new to Iraqi people. Anti-riot police of the American style was something that we witnessed there ... This is not a democratic country.\" [More] [Less]
Pro-democracy protests across the Middle East and North Africa have brought women onto the streets in a way they have not been seen before. But in Iraq women say they are being attacked and sexually abused during demonstrations -- in a manner that appears to be symptomatic of wider problems in the country. Al Jazeera\'s Rawya Rageh reports from Baghdad. [More] [Less]
Iraqi women activists from OWFI participate in Tahrir square demonstratoin on June 10 to be assaulted by gangsters hired by Miliki\\\'s government. 12 women\\\'s organizations from around the world stand in solidarity with OWFI activists and demand that Iraqi government stops harassments of demonstrators, especially trying to humiliate women by sexual remarks and assaults. [More] [Less]
Although brutal and violent, a study has shown that Iraqi women were more protected under Saddam's reign compared to the situation after the US-led invasion in 2003. Iraqi women today are subjected to random violence of assault, rape, kidnapping or death at the hands of suicide bombers, American troops, Iraqi police, even radical religious groups and local thugs. [More] [Less]
Houzan Mahmoud speaks at the 'Remember Du'a and denounce honour killings globally' conference in April 08 in London. Du'a Khalil Aswad, a 17 year-old girl, was stoned to death in Iraqi Kurdistan in April 07. The conference was organised by the Organisation for Women's freedom in Iraq.
Houzan Mahmoud speaks at the 'Remember Du'a and denounce honour killings globally' conference in April 08 in London. Du'a Khalil Aswad, a 17 year-old girl, was stoned to death in Iraqi Kurdistan in April 07. The conference was organised by the Organisation for Women's freedom in Iraq.
Houzan Mahmoud speaks at the 'Remember Du'a and denounce honour killings globally' conference in April 08 in London. Du'a Khalil Aswad, a 17 year-old girl, was stoned to death in Iraqi Kurdistan in April 07. The conference was organised by the Organisation for Women's freedom in Iraq.
