After Iraq legalizes child marriage, Baghdad bridal market booms as young girls sold to older men

Iraq’s decision to introduce the Ja’fari law in January means that girls can be married based on perceived “maturity and ...
Reuters

Picking through Baghdad's garbage for her family's Ramadan meal, faith keeps one woman going

Zahra Jouda Darraj, 51, prays during the holy month of Ramadan, at her makeshift house in the Zaafaraniyah district, Baghdad, Iraq, March 21, 2024. Every morning during Ramadan, Zahra Jouda Darraj ...
Yahoo

Iraq's top court suspends new legislation that activists say undermines women's rights

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s top court suspended implementation Tuesday of three controversial bills passed last month by the country’s parliament, including a measure that activists said undermines women’s ...
The Washington Post

Women In the New Iraq

My second trip to Iraq since the liberation of Baghdad grabbed some headlines because of a rocket attack on our hotel. But a visit to a new women's center in the city of Hillah said more about Iraq's ...