The Iraqi parliament has the biggest number of women MPs since 2003 and yet this has not helped women’s rights at all.

The Iraqi parliament has the biggest number of women MPs since 2003 and yet this has not helped women’s rights at all.

The chain of events that led to the poisoning of Iraq’s skies by international oil companies started over a century ago.

The protests in Iraq may have subsided, but it is only a matter of time before people are back in the streets.
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And how it will be undone.

Flawed trials and half-truths cannot bring justice for all those killed and forcefully disappeared at Camp Speicher.

Saudi Arabia has just committed to abolishing the male guardianship system. Let’s make sure these are not hollow words.
