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Abstract: Since the removal of Saddam
Hussein from power, Iraq has seen an explosion of violence and intimidation
against women. However, as al-Jawaheri demonstrates in this original and
important book, this development should not have taken people by surprise. The
deterioriation of gender relations was in fact an overlooked by-product of a
decade of international sanctions.Interviewing women of all different ages and
backgrounds, al-Jawaheri examines the impact of the economic sanctions on
family relations, gender violence, domestic responsibilities and employment
practices. She shows that by restricting womens' ability to participate in
education and in the labour force, sanctions reinforced conservative gender
roles. She shows how the 2003 war and upsurge in sectarianism intensified this
problem, and assesses the future prospects for womens' rights in Iraq.
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