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Nasarwasalam, Iraq, January 30, 2005. Iraqi women set out to vote in the first free elections held in Iraq. Security for the polling site was provided by the Iraqi Security Force (ISF) and members of the US Marines Corps.
Under the Iraqi constitution of 1925, Iraq was a constitutional monarchy, with a bicameral legislature consisting of an elected House of Representatives and an appointed Senate. The lower house was elected every four years by manhood suffrage (women did not vote). The first Parliament met in 1925.
Prior to the arrival of forces in Iraq in 1991, Iraqi women were free to wear whatever they liked and go wherever they chose. [107]: 105–107 The Iraqi constitution of 1970 gave women equality and liberty in the Muslim world, but since the invasion, women's rights have fallen to the lowest in Iraqi history. [107]: 105–107
Timeline of first women's suffrage in majority-Muslim countries; Timeline of women's suffrage in the United States; Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) List of the first female holders of political offices in Europe; List of the first female members of parliament by country; List of suffragists and suffragettes
First ladies of Iraq (2 P) H. ... Women's rights in Iraq (3 C, 9 P) Pages in category "History of women in Iraq"
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The first women's organization in Iraq was founded in 1923, and Iraqi women gained purchase in political and social spaces by participating strongly in the country's independence movement. From the beginning of the British occupation, through the mandate period , and up into the era of Iraqi independence (both pre- and post-revolution), women ...
Timelines of Iraq history include: Timeline of Baghdad; Timeline of Basra; Timeline of Mosul This page was last edited on 12 April 2022, at 08: ...