women's rights under attack : occupation, constitution and fundamentalisms
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- WLUML Occasional Papers
- Magazine Year
- 2006
- Magazine Number
- 15
- Thesaurus
- acties, wetgeving, Iraaks, familierecht, mensenrechten, geweld, islam, overheidsbeleid, fundamentalisme, seksisme, films, geschiedenis, congresverslag, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Description
- In July 2006 Act Together, Women's Action for Iraq, hosted Sundus Abass, Director of Women in Leadership Institute, Baghdad, in London for 15 days. This publication is a record of some of the activities that happened during those days. The aim of the visit was to highlight the work that Iraqi women are doing to try to amend the new Iraqi Constitution. This publication includes three speeches that were given at a public meeting in July 2006 at The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), in London. A film was made by Maysoon Pachachi, one of the members of Act Together, of a discussion in Arabic between three Iraqi women activists – the translated transcript of the edited half hour film is also in this volume. With the following articles: 'Iraqi Women’s Rights in Historical Perspective' / by Nadje Al-Ali : 'Drafting the Constitution and Family Laws in 1959' / by Mubejel Baban : 'Campaigning for Women’s Rights in Iraq Today' / by Sundus Abass : 'Briefing Paper for Parliamentarians Following House of Commons Meeting on 19 September 2006' by Sundus Abass and Nadje Al-Ali : and a Transcript of a Discussion Between Iraqi Women in London.