Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 06/2009

In her own words: Iraqi women talk about their greatest concerns and challenges

March 2009

Oxfam Publishing

Abstract

The plight of women in Iraq today has gone largely ignored, both within Iraqi society and by the international community. For more than five years, headlines have been dominated by political and social turmoil, the chaos of conflict and widespread violence. This has overshadowed the abysmal state of the civilian population's day-to-day lives, a result of that very turmoil and violence.