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Now, of all times, Iraqi women fear losses.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Trudy Rubin
Here's another irony that has emerged from the aftermath of the Iraq war.
Iraqi women are fearful they may lose rights they acquired under Saddam Hussein.
Despite Saddam's despotism, Iraqi women were among the most advanced in the Arab world, studying at the university, holding professional jobs and professorships, even specializing in science and engineering.
Since the war, lack of security and reports of rapes have kept many women away from jobs and classrooms. But women's fears were crystallized when the U.S.-picked Iraqi Governing Council passed a resolution in late December that threatened to wipe out legal protections for women.
Resolution 137 sought to roll back a 1959 civil law that banned arbitrary divorce and polygamy, and protected women's rights in child custody and property inheritance. It put "family status" matters under ...
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