Single Women's Issues: Iraq, Healthcare, And Terrorism. February 22, 2007 / 8:58 PM EST / US News Getting out of Iraq, making healthcare affordable, and keeping America safe from terrorism top ...

In Iraqi society, women are expected to be married in their teens or early 20s. Women who cross the 30-year threshold and are single face powerful social stigmas and live under heavy limitations.

Iraq has announced findings from its investigation into drone attacks on military bases during the recent Israel-Iran war ...

Iraqi Women, Fighting for a Voice. Activists Confront Dual Powers of Religion, Tribalism. December 6, 2008. By Sudarsan Raghavan. IRBIL, Iraq -- Hawjin Hama Rashid, a feisty journalist in ...

Unlike in other Middle East countries, women's leadership in Iraq's pink and purple protests has moved from the streets to political representation, demonstrated by electoral gains made by women.

Since September 11, Dallas Congresswoman Johnson has pursued the motto “no women, no peace,” by introducing two resolutions to bring more women into the peacemaking arena and forming an organization ...

NOW's guest Zainab Salbi, who heads an organization that helps women find opportunities in post-Saddam Iraq, discusses what the future may hold for Iraqi women as their country moves toward democracy.

In a roomful of Iraqi and American women, brought together to explore how they can join to build a new Iraq, the discussions are stuck in recrimina ...

The challenges these women have faced over the years – psychological, psychosocial, emotional, economic, and legal – did not defeat them but have shaped their resilience. "I want them to come back and ...

Some 2,200 active-duty women out of roughly 40,000 are serving in infantry, cavalry, armor and field artillery roles.