Latest items for Iraq
Oct. 22, 2024, 11:02 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: RCDW-PRACTICE-1
"The education ministry has stipulated that the veil should not be compulsory in schools. However, the 2005 Iraqi constitution states that Islam is the official state religion and should be the 'foundation source' of legislation. Occasionally, female students and some teachers share their experiences online using hashtags that highlight their oppression, such as '#educationalterrorism' and '#notothecompulsoryveil'. Former students have also talked about the role of the 'communicators of the message' – females affiliated to political parties or religious institutions who spread Islamic notions and urge younger students to wear the hijab" (para 14-16).
Variables: RCDW-PRACTICE-1
"The education ministry has stipulated that the veil should not be compulsory in schools. However, the 2005 Iraqi constitution states that Islam is the official state religion and should be the 'foundation source' of legislation. Occasionally, female students and some teachers share their experiences online using hashtags that highlight their oppression, such as '#educationalterrorism' and '#notothecompulsoryveil'. Former students have also talked about the role of the 'communicators of the message' – females affiliated to political parties or religious institutions who spread Islamic notions and urge younger students to wear the hijab" (para 14-16).
Oct. 22, 2024, 11:02 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"The education ministry has stipulated that the veil should not be compulsory in schools. However, the 2005 Iraqi constitution states that Islam is the official state religion and should be the 'foundation source' of legislation" (para 14).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"The education ministry has stipulated that the veil should not be compulsory in schools. However, the 2005 Iraqi constitution states that Islam is the official state religion and should be the 'foundation source' of legislation" (para 14).
Oct. 22, 2024, 11:02 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"Girls are also at an increased risk of dropping out as they progress through education, with one in 14 girls in Iraq aged between 15 and 19 giving birth, according to estimates by the charity Save the Children" (para 10).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"Girls are also at an increased risk of dropping out as they progress through education, with one in 14 girls in Iraq aged between 15 and 19 giving birth, according to estimates by the charity Save the Children" (para 10).
Oct. 22, 2024, 11:02 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: LR-DATA-1
"As of 2017, Iraq had the lowest female literacy rate (79.9%) in the region, below the global average of 83.3%" (para 11).
Variables: LR-DATA-1
"As of 2017, Iraq had the lowest female literacy rate (79.9%) in the region, below the global average of 83.3%" (para 11).
Oct. 22, 2024, 11:02 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Coming home late in the evening as a young girl in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, Zainab, then 15, feared each day could be the last time she could go to school. Living in a conservative district in Basra province, where females out alone in the evening are frowned upon, Zainab’s family were... concerned about her safety. Her school, like many in Iraq, had been forced to divide and rotate pupils into morning, afternoon and evening shifts" (para 1-2).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Coming home late in the evening as a young girl in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, Zainab, then 15, feared each day could be the last time she could go to school. Living in a conservative district in Basra province, where females out alone in the evening are frowned upon, Zainab’s family were... concerned about her safety. Her school, like many in Iraq, had been forced to divide and rotate pupils into morning, afternoon and evening shifts" (para 1-2).
Oct. 22, 2024, 11:02 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"In 2004, a study published by the Iraqi education ministry and Unicef found the education system lacked the basics necessary to provide children with adequate education, especially girls, whose enrolment was lower than boys across all grades. It has not improved over the past two decades. Only 6% of the state budget has been allocated to education despite its importance for economic growth. For girls, education opens up new possibilities through career development or entrepreneurship, as well as the potential for them to create more economic opportunities for others" (para 8-9).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"In 2004, a study published by the Iraqi education ministry and Unicef found the education system lacked the basics necessary to provide children with adequate education, especially girls, whose enrolment was lower than boys across all grades. It has not improved over the past two decades. Only 6% of the state budget has been allocated to education despite its importance for economic growth. For girls, education opens up new possibilities through career development or entrepreneurship, as well as the potential for them to create more economic opportunities for others" (para 8-9).
Oct. 22, 2024, 11:02 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Coming home late in the evening as a young girl in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, Zainab, then 15, feared each day could be the last time she could go to school. Living in a conservative district in Basra province, where females out alone in the evening are frowned upon, Zainab’s family were not happy about it. They were also concerned about her safety. Her school, like many in Iraq, had been forced to divide and rotate pupils into morning, afternoon and evening shifts as there were not enough buildings available to accommodate all the students at once" (para 1-2). "The education system had already been affected by a...more
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Coming home late in the evening as a young girl in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, Zainab, then 15, feared each day could be the last time she could go to school. Living in a conservative district in Basra province, where females out alone in the evening are frowned upon, Zainab’s family were not happy about it. They were also concerned about her safety. Her school, like many in Iraq, had been forced to divide and rotate pupils into morning, afternoon and evening shifts as there were not enough buildings available to accommodate all the students at once" (para 1-2). "The education system had already been affected by a...more
Oct. 22, 2024, 11:02 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"[A]rticle 34 of the Iraqi constitution... stipulates that primary education should be free and obligatory for all children" (para 11). "The fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 didn’t mean that existing laws changed overnight. This includes a penal code from 1969 that enables parents and teachers to 'discipline children'. The education ministry has stipulated that the veil should not be compulsory in schools. However, the 2005 Iraqi constitution states that Islam is the official state religion and should be the 'foundation source' of legislation" (para 13-14). The ability of parents and teachers to discipline children and the frequence with which they are required to wear veils may, through legal means,...more
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"[A]rticle 34 of the Iraqi constitution... stipulates that primary education should be free and obligatory for all children" (para 11). "The fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 didn’t mean that existing laws changed overnight. This includes a penal code from 1969 that enables parents and teachers to 'discipline children'. The education ministry has stipulated that the veil should not be compulsory in schools. However, the 2005 Iraqi constitution states that Islam is the official state religion and should be the 'foundation source' of legislation" (para 13-14). The ability of parents and teachers to discipline children and the frequence with which they are required to wear veils may, through legal means,...more
Oct. 22, 2024, 11:02 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: AFE-DATA-1
"Unicef estimates that about 3.2 million school-age Iraqi children are out of school" (para 5). "In 2004, a study published by the Iraqi education ministry and Unicef found the education system lacked the basics necessary to provide children with adequate education, especially girls, whose enrolment was lower than boys across all grades" (para 8).
Variables: AFE-DATA-1
"Unicef estimates that about 3.2 million school-age Iraqi children are out of school" (para 5). "In 2004, a study published by the Iraqi education ministry and Unicef found the education system lacked the basics necessary to provide children with adequate education, especially girls, whose enrolment was lower than boys across all grades" (para 8).
Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
15.0
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
15.0
May 23, 2024, 10:02 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1
"Iraq’s 2012 anti-trafficking law criminalized forced labor and some forms of sex trafficking. Inconsistent with the definition of trafficking under international law, the anti-trafficking law required a demonstration of force, fraud, or coercion to constitute a child sex trafficking offense and therefore did not criminalize all forms of child sex trafficking. The anti-trafficking law prescribed penalties of up to 15 years’ imprisonment and a fine for trafficking offenses involving adult male victims, and up to life imprisonment and a fine if the offense involved an adult female or child victim. These penalties were sufficiently stringent, and with respect to sex trafficking, commensurate with penalties prescribed for other serious crimes, such...more
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1
"Iraq’s 2012 anti-trafficking law criminalized forced labor and some forms of sex trafficking. Inconsistent with the definition of trafficking under international law, the anti-trafficking law required a demonstration of force, fraud, or coercion to constitute a child sex trafficking offense and therefore did not criminalize all forms of child sex trafficking. The anti-trafficking law prescribed penalties of up to 15 years’ imprisonment and a fine for trafficking offenses involving adult male victims, and up to life imprisonment and a fine if the offense involved an adult female or child victim. These penalties were sufficiently stringent, and with respect to sex trafficking, commensurate with penalties prescribed for other serious crimes, such...more
May 9, 2024, 11:50 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is criminalised. Is buying sex criminalised? Yes - buying sex is criminalised. Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes - brothel-keeping and brokerage criminalised and punishable by life imprisonment.
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is criminalised. Is buying sex criminalised? Yes - buying sex is criminalised. Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes - brothel-keeping and brokerage criminalised and punishable by life imprisonment.
April 12, 2024, 5:27 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: CLCC-LAW-1
"[Iraq] continues to prevent women from passing their citizenship to their children on an equal basis as men, if the child were born abroad" (para 6).
Variables: CLCC-LAW-1
"[Iraq] continues to prevent women from passing their citizenship to their children on an equal basis as men, if the child were born abroad" (para 6).
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria, Congo, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Montenegro, Mozambique, Serbia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Swaziland, Syria, Trinidad/Tobago, Vanuatu, Vietnam
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
3.0
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
3.0
March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Iraq ranks as a Tier 2 Watch List country (85).
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Iraq ranks as a Tier 2 Watch List country (85).
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Iraq who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 26 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Iraq who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 26 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Bhutan, Brazil, Brunei, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Guatemala, Honduras, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Libya, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Suriname, Tunisia, Vanuatu
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
2
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
2
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
76
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
76
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Fiji, Gabon, Guatemala, Guyana, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
2
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
2
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2
1more
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2
1more
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1
1
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1
1
Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Iraq was 76 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Iraq was 76 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Iraq is 11.5% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Iraq is 11.5% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Iraq is 72 years for women and 68 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Iraq is 72 years for women and 68 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Iraq is 69.9 years for men and 75.0 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Iraq is 69.9 years for men and 75.0 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 12, 2023, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Pakistan, Palestine, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Sudan, Tajikistan, Togo, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Variables: BR-SCALE-1
2
Variables: BR-SCALE-1
2
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Ghana, Iraq
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"26.7 births per 1000 population"
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"26.7 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 8, 2023, 10:48 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"Women who were first married by age 18 (% of women ages 20-24) is '27.9%.'"
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"Women who were first married by age 18 (% of women ages 20-24) is '27.9%.'"
Aug. 28, 2023, 9:35 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: ERBG-DATA-4
"Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) is '93.5%.'" "Part time employment, male (% of total male employment) is '83.4%.'"
Variables: ERBG-DATA-4
"Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) is '93.5%.'" "Part time employment, male (% of total male employment) is '83.4%.'"
Aug. 23, 2023, 1:43 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: IAD-LAW-1
"Heirs by blood relations and how they inherit: 1. Parents, children and grandchildren. Males shall receive twice the share of females. 2. Grandfather, grandmothers, brothers, sisters, and nieces and nephews. 3. Paternal uncles and aunts, sisters, maternal uncles and aunts, and uterine relatives. 4. Full (whole) blood sisters shall be considered as full (whole) blood brothers in blocking inheritance" (25). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 1959) relating to inheritance are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: IAD-LAW-1
"Heirs by blood relations and how they inherit: 1. Parents, children and grandchildren. Males shall receive twice the share of females. 2. Grandfather, grandmothers, brothers, sisters, and nieces and nephews. 3. Paternal uncles and aunts, sisters, maternal uncles and aunts, and uterine relatives. 4. Full (whole) blood sisters shall be considered as full (whole) blood brothers in blocking inheritance" (25). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 1959) relating to inheritance are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).