| Description | Folder of presscuttings and other papers relating to the role and place of women in Iraq. These include a profile of, and several cuttings about, Manal Younis, chairwoman of the General Federation of Iraqi Women (GFIW), reports on GFIW conferences and anniversary events, a Baghdad Observer feature on International Year for Rural Woman (1985) and its significance for Iraqi women, various reports from the same paper during the 1980s on the growing number of women in the Iraqi workforce, an Independent article (20 March 1987) by Janet Sutherland on the lives of Iraqi women, reports on legislative changes relating to women's place in politics, gender equality and marital disputes, a Baghdad Observer (30 May 1984) review of Doreen Ingrams' book 'The Awakened Women in Iraq' (1983) and an interview by Robert Cockburn with Manal Alusi, one of 16 women elected to the National Assembly in 1980. |