Iraq is predominantly Shia ... the current law unifies all segments of society under a single code while enshrining the rights of women and children. As well as setting the age of marriage ...

After months of legal and political wrangling, an amendment to Iraq's Personal Status Law that entered into force on February ...

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a human rights researcher warned about the concerning state of women’s rights in Iraq, especially following controversial amendments to the personal status law. In an interview with Rudaw’s ...

Women walking in Kirkuk. Photo: Serkan Senturk, Shuttertock. The deterioration of women and girls’ status in Iraq has been a result of increasing social and political conservatism, which in turn is an ...

Amendments to Iraq's Personal Status Law that came into effect on February 17, 2025, fail to adequately protect women's right to equality before the law and leave them vulnerable to abuse and ...

Now is a critical moment to join together in action to help safeguard and strengthen the rights of women and girls in Iraq, and prevent their fundamental human rights from being further eroded. Child ...

This project examines the effectiveness of Iraq’s gender quota, which reserves 25% of all seats in the Council of Representatives for women, in enabling women’s substantive political representation ...