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Article: Women in Iraq.(Women in Iraq: The Gender Impact of International Sanctions)(Brief article)(Book review)
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- June 1, 2008
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Women in Iraq
Yasmin Husein Al-Jawaheri, Ph.D.
Lynne Rienner Publishers
1800 30th Street, Suite 314, Boulder, CO 80301
9781588265746, $23.50 www.rienner.com
Iraqi-born woman scholar and writer Yasmin Husein Al-Jawaheri, Ph.D. presents Women in Iraq: The Gender Impact of International Sanctions, an in-depth study of how the United Nations' sanctions of Iraq affected Iraqi women's lives. Beginning with a historical review of women in Iraq from 1970 through 1990, Women in Iraq draws heavily on research and statistics concerning Iraqi women's employment, the deleterious consequences for ...