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Where Are The Women Now?
Iraqi women walk through Khadmiya market, Baghdad, Iraq. (AP) Email to friend
Many of us remember what it was like for women in the sixties and the seventies. The Mini skirt was in fashion, sisterhood was the watchword, higher education and equal pay were all the rave. Yep, those were the days in Baghdad.
In the years before Saddam Hussein took his nation into war, women held powerful government positions, and wielded real political leverage. Today, women have slipped far into the background, most spending time sequestered in their homes, rather than participating in the rebuilding of their country. It's reasonable to imagine that the women who ran Iraq in the 1970's would play a key role in getting the nation back on its feet, and getting themselves back into decision making positions. It hasn't happened yet.
