Noor is a young woman from Iraq with virtually no legal rights in a country still struggling with the legacy of Saddam Hussein’s 24-year dictatorship.
Many women in Iraq cover their faces in public for cultural and religious reasons. But Noor does not want to be seen in public because, as far as most people know, she is dead.This is her story.
United Nations, New York, May 2012 – In Iraq’s southernmost city of Basra, a young woman battles to be reunited with her daughter in the aftermath of a violent marriage. A meeting with a women’s rights activist, Fatima, has given her hope to restart her life. Fatima runs a centre, supported by the UN Democracy Fund, UNDEF, which advocates for increased civil and legal rights for women in democratic Iraq.
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IRAQ: One Woman’s Quest for Justice
June 9, 2012 by
