Abstract
In the Iraq of the Bush administration's imagination, women were to help "give birth to freedom" in the neo-liberal post-Saddam order. But three years after the US-led invasion, and despite vigorous women's activism, Iraqi women have been disempowered - reduced to instruments of political agendas and symbols of communal difference.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 18-23 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Middle East Report |
| Volume | 239 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2006 |
Keywords
- gender issue
- neoliberalism
- political participation
- womens status
- Asia
- Eurasia
- Iraq
- Middle East
- North America
- United States