IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Shaimaa Saadoun is haunted by her memory of being forced into an abusive marriage to a 39-year-old man just after she turned 13. Her impoverished family near the southern Iraqi city ...

Mario Lopez has reacted to Iraq possibly passing a controversial law that would lower the legal age of consent from 18 to nine, effectively permitting men to marry young girls. This proposed amendment ...

of her group’s program in Iraq: “Just surviving there is an accomplishment in itself.” Ms. Salbi is the founder and chief executive of Women for Women International, in Washington, a group that offers ...

BAGHDAD -- Iraq's state minister for women's affairs has quit to protest a lack of resources for a daunting task -- improving the lives of "a full army of widows" and other women left poor or ...

More than twice as many women are standing in Iraq's general election on Tuesday as four years ago, hoping for greater female representation in parliament despite the financial and social challenges ...

BAGHDAD -- -- The woman sketched the air with graceful hands, speaking softly as she recreated each detail. Once or twice she giggled in embarrassment. Her 8-year-old daughter leaned against her lap, ...