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 ...
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 ...
Columbus Telegram

Iraq says 1 woman prisoner to be freed

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq promised today to release one of two high-profile women prisoners, but officials denied the decision was linked to demands by militants who purportedly killed two American ...
Reuters

Iraqi women protest against proposed Islamic law in Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - About two dozen Iraqi women demonstrated on Saturday in Baghdad against a draft law approved by the Iraqi cabinet that would permit the marriage of nine-year-old girls and ...
Los Angeles Times

Woman, Child Killed in Raid at Baghdad Slum

BAGHDAD — U.S. and Iraqi forces fought a gun battle in Sadr City early Sunday during a brief raid in search of a suspect wanted in killings and kidnappings. Iraqi witnesses said a woman and a child ...