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May 05 2013
Life was supposed to get better for women in Iraq after the ousting of Saddam. The reality has been rocketing rates of rape, murder, domestic violence and infant mortality, reports leading US writer Katha Pollitt. The video, originally posted on jebar.info, a Kurdish website, was soon plastered all over the internet: a young girl in …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.owfi.info/EN/article/you-can-come-upon-womens-bodies-anywhere-the-guardian/
Apr 26 2013
OWFI’s Statement for IWD: Women of Iraq have gradually let go of most of their 20th century gains and privileges in the last 4 years of occupation. Iraq turned from a modern country of educated and working women into a divided land of Islamic and ethnic warlords who compete in cancelling women from the social …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.owfi.info/EN/article/after-4-years-of-occupation-and-oppression-our-struggles-continue/
Mar 26 2013
Today in many societies in the Middle East, women are regarded as second or third class citizens. Recognition of women as free human beings equal to men is off the agenda for all governments in the region. Every year thousands of women fall victim to so-called “honour killings”, commit suicide under pressure by setting fire …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.owfi.info/EN/article/islamic-sharia-law-a-constant-threat-against-the-rights-and-freedom-of-women-in-the-middle-east/
Mar 24 2013
After starting a campaign against article 7 in the Kurdistan’s regional constitution which makes women and the society vulnerable to Islamic Shariaa, Houzan received on February 26th an email titled (kill), threatening as follows: “With the permission of Great God, we will kill you either in Iraq or in London by the middle of March, …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.owfi.info/EN/article/support-houzan-mahmoud-against-death-threats-of-ansar-al-islam-in-iraq/
Mar 22 2013
About the rape of Sabrine in Iraq: The Iraqi society was shocked with an unprecedented issue of a woman stepping forward voluntarily and admitting to have been sexually assaulted by Iraqi security forces. Instead of pursuing further investigation into this assault allegation, or empowering the victim with moral support, the opponent Islamist sectarian factions competed …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.owfi.info/EN/article/misogynist-parties-exploiting-womens-sufferings-for-their-political-purposes/
Mar 21 2013
On Saturday the 25th November 2006 more than one thousand women took to the streets of London to mark the International Day to End Violence Against Women, and march for their right to walk in the streets at night without fear of rape and sexual harassment.
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Mar 12 2013
The first step on the long road to building a new Iraq is for the occupying forces to leave. In the modern history of Iraq, September 24 is a dark day. It was on September 24 2002 that the US administration decided it would launch its barbaric war against the Iraqi people.
Permanent link to this article: http://www.owfi.info/EN/article/a-dark-anniversary/
Mar 08 2013
Activist Houzan Mahmoud finds inspiration by going to visit historic buildings. I have been a women’s rights activist for a long time – but what with being a mother of a daughter aged seven and a political refugee from Iraq, my life is not like everyone else’s.
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Mar 06 2013
More than ever, women are claiming that wearing the veil, burqa or niqab is their own decision. I totally reject this view. The veil is not merely a piece of “cloth”, but a sign of the oppression of women, control over their sexuality, submissiveness to the will of God or a man. The veil is …
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Mar 02 2013
On the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, Houzan Mahmoud says that women in the country are bearing the brunt as things go from bad to worse. On March 20, the Iraqi people have reached the dismal milestone of the third-year point since the United State-led invasion of Iraq. From the shock and awe …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.owfi.info/EN/article/iraqis-still-live-with-shock-and-awe/
Mar 01 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TUESDAY 07 MARCH 2006, IRAQI WOMEN’S RIGHTS EXPERT IN WALES. Houzan Mahmoud visits National Assembly for All Party Group discussions. Tomorrow, International Women’s Day, Amnesty International will host Houzan Mahmoud, an expert on women’s freedom in Iraq on a visit to the National Assembly for Wales.
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Feb 26 2013
On Wednesday the 22nd of February, Iraqi people witnessed the darkest day of their modern history. The new democracy, as designed by George Bush and reinforced by his ambassador Khalil Zadeh, has matured to the point where sectarian and civil war is only one tool of political pressure of one governmental group to get a …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.owfi.info/EN/article/reaping-the-fruits-of-american-democracy-in-iraq/
Feb 25 2013
Make it a day to say No! To Islamic Sharia law in Iraq! For secularism, equality and freedom! The Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI) sends its greetings for this historic day to women activists all over the world. For centuries women have been struggling for their rights and for equality and liberation in …
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Feb 24 2013
The elections in Iraq may be seen by some as a step forward, but the jury’s out on whether this is good news for women. London’s Green MEP, Jean Lambert has called for action to end the atrocities, and support women struggling to overcome oppression.
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