Al-Ali, Nadje Sadig and Pratt, Nicola Christine (2008) Women's organizing and the conflict in Iraq since 2003. Feminist Review, Vol.88 (No.1). pp. 74-85. doi:10.1057/palgrave.fr.9400384

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Abstract

This article examines the development of a women's movement in Iraq since the invasion in 2003. It describes the types of activities and the strategies of different women activists, as well as highlighting the main divisions among them. The article also discusses the various ways in which the ongoing occupation and escalating violence in Iraq has shaped women's activism and the object of their struggles. Communal and sectarian tensions had been fostered by the previous regime as well as by the political opposition in exile prior to 2003, but the systematic destruction of national institutions, such as the army and the police, by the occupation forces, has led to a flare-up of the sectarian conflict. The article concludes by evaluating women's activism in terms of its contributions to conflict on the one hand and national reconciliation on the other.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman D History General and Old World > DS Asia
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Iraq War, 2003-, Women political activists -- Iraq, Feminism -- Iraq, Reconciliation, Iraq -- Politics and government
Journal or Publication Title:	Feminist Review
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
ISSN:	0141-7789
Official Date:	April 2008
Dates:	Date Event April 2008 Published
Volume:	Vol.88
Number:	No.1
Page Range:	pp. 74-85
DOI:	10.1057/palgrave.fr.9400384
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Funder:	British Academy (BA)

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