Iraq Women

In 1970 the Iraqi Provisional Constitution was made for equal rights to women and other laws to protect a women’s right to vote, go to school, run for political office, and own any form of property. Due to this constitution, women and girls have been more than pleased with lots of their counterparts in the Middle East. Although since the Gulf War of 1991, women’s position in Iraqi society has decreased quickly and immensely. The women in Iraq were unequally affected by the economic ramifications due to the U.N. sanctions. Causing women to have limited access to food, health care, and education. Changes within the law made it difficult for women’s mobility and entry to apply for the jobs that their male co-worker is going to get. Before the 1990’s Iraqi women had a very active role within political and economic advancements in Iraq. The civil societies of Iraq
UN Women focuses on 4 distinct parts that draw attention to Gender Equality and Empowering Women. These four parts of the UN System are known as:
• Division of the Advancement of Women
Basically saying that equal rights are applied to men, women, girls, and boys. Within the document women are considered victims of specific human rights, violations (i.e. human trafficking and rape). The UN draws attention to these harmful, illegal acts in another document called, Thematic Human Rights. In the Conference Document it again says that it is illegal to have gender-based violence. This document incorporates the firm dialect not allowing the violence on other genders and it emphasizes on the aid from states to fight all ways of violence against women and girls. The Conference Documents introduces the International Consensus on the issue regarding Violence against