Here is a little report on some of the bravest of the brave citizens who are trying to rebuild their country. I have been looking for stirrings of a 'women's lib' movement as one important signpost of social progress in the ME.
I am wondering if any news outlets in the ME are following any of these brave ladies??
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IRAQ: FEMALE DEPUTIES FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES AFTER SLAYING OF COLLEAGUE
Baghdad, 27 April (AKI) - The sense of cautious excitement that filled Iraq's 90 women MPs after the historic January elections turned to fear on Wednesday, after the killing of one of their colleagues at her home in eastern Baghdad. Lamea Abed Khadawi was elected to the national assembly...
...Dr Aqila al-Hashimi was ambushed and shot near her home in Baghdad in September 2003, dying from her injuries several days later. She was the first member of the governing council to be killed and had been the only former Baathist on the 25-member council, having occupied a senior post in the foreign ministry under Saddam Hussein's regime.
Several female candidates were killed in the run-up to the elections, others had family members kidnapped or killed, and many opted to pull out of the electoral race or campaign in secret. One candidate, Wijdan al-Khuzai, was kidnapped, tortured and killed in December 2004. Another national assembly member, Son Kul Chapuk, who heads a women's association in Iraq, says she has suffered several attempts on her life..."
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