IRBIL, Iraq — Shaimaa Saadoun is haunted by her memory of being forced into an abusive marriage to a 39-year-old man just after she turned 13. Her impoverished family near the southern Iraqi city of ...
Video of woman being harassed on New Year's Eve prompts calls for clampdown on gender-based violence ...
The move to start transferring detainees came after Syrian government forces took control of a sprawling camp that houses ...
Though security is improving in Iraq, conditions for women have worsened according to two new studies. Many Iraqi women, according to reports, are suffering from mental illness, lack of necessities, ...
IRBIL, Iraq -- Shaimaa Saadoun is haunted by her memory of being forced into an abusive marriage to a 39-year-old man just after she turned 13. Her impoverished family near the southern Iraqi city of ...
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BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's state minister for women's affairs has quit to protest a lack of resources for a daunting task — improving the lives of “a full army of widows” and other women left poor or ...