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Iraq: Iraqi Women in Uphill Struggle at Election Campaign

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Iraq: Iraqi Women in Uphill Struggle at Election Campaign

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Women candidates are facing an uphill struggle in Saturday's provincial elections in strongly conservative Muslim Iraq. In other areas, posters with photos of women have been pulled down, prompting one candidate on the Iraqi Teachers' List in the province of Diwaniyah, Hanaa Kazem, to complain to the electoral commission.
To read the full article, please visit Middle East Online.

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Women candidates are facing an uphill struggle in Saturday's provincial elections in strongly conservative Muslim Iraq. In other areas, posters with photos of women have been pulled down, prompting one candidate on the Iraqi Teachers' List in the province of Diwaniyah, Hanaa Kazem, to complain to the electoral commission.
To read the full article, please visit Middle East Online.

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