Rose Aguilar, AlterNet. March 6, 2009. Nadje Al-Ali: "Now Iraqis tell me, 'We have 90 Saddam Husseins' ... I think people need to get a reality check."
Zaineb Naji, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. January 24, 2009. As the January 31 elections approach, provincial councils are reserving seats for female leaders.
Abeer Mohammed, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. January 21, 2009. Among Iraqis, joy at the U.S. handover is tempered by doubts about the competence of its new guards.
Iraq UpdatesJanuary 3, 2009. Women's groups and the Iraqi government agree on the need to help the huge number of widows in Iraq -- but they disagree on how to proceed.
Nadje Al-Ali, Comment Is Free. March 31, 2008. Politicians hoped the Iraq war would see the advance of women's rights. Instead, Iraqi women face violence, sexual abuse and segregation.
Lucinda Marshall, Feminist Peace Network AlterNet: War on Iraq. January 10, 2008. A look at the real reasons for the extreme escalation in the the number of women being murdered in Iraq.
Siun, Firedoglake AlterNet: Video. January 6, 2008. "His blood rose and he asked the occupying soldiers to stop beating the woman. Their answer: 'We will do what we want.' So he opened fire."
Siun, Firedoglake AlterNet: War on Iraq. December 26, 2007. Let's make sure all of our candidates know that we are not distracted by the bright shiny surge success chatter.
Kavita N. Ramdas, Global Fund for Women. December 19, 2006. The United States' so-called "liberation" of Iraqi women has made them less free than they were under the Baathist regime, with abduction, rape, and "honor" killings now a daily reality.
