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Take Action: It's Time to Stop Telling Women What to Do
Help get Iraq back on track to giving equal rights to all of its women.
Goal: 15,000
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Progress: 1,352
Sponsored by: The Breast Cancer Site
Iraq's war on women is still waging. Even though women's rights have improved in recent years, there are still radical interests that would like to limit them.
In December, a new policy was issued on women's dress in the governmental workplace: no t-shirts, short skirts, tight-fitting pants, or anything that calls attention.
Surprisingly, this directive didn't come from an extremist group; rather, it was issued by Iraq's minister for women's affairs, Ibtihal Kasid al-Zaydi, in response to complaints about women's attire.
No government has the right to dictate to anyone how to conduct their personal choices. The Ministry for Women's Affairs should be concerned about empowering the women that have been discriminated against for so many years, not keen to take away more rights.
Join us in asking Ibtihal Kasid al-Zaydi to reconsider the directive and to promote equal rights for women in Iraq.
Dear Ibtihal Kasid al-Zaydi:
I am appalled at the recent decision made by Iraq's Ministry for Women's Affairs that female civil employees must adhere to a strict dress code. With all of the adversity Iraqi women have had to endure over the years, one would think that we've come as far as to allow them to govern their own wardrobe choices.
Have we sunk so low that even the Minstry of Women's Affairs — the arm of the government tasked with advocating for women — doesn't itself believe in women's basic civil rights?
This new policy is no doubt a step backward for women in Iraq. A true democracy means everyone is free to make their own choices. Please reverse this discriminatory policy in favor of Iraqi women's rights.
Sincerely,
Petition Signatures
May 13, 2013
Loraine Lindsey
May 12, 2013
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May 7, 2013
Jenny Toufas
Try to wear what these women have to wear- ridiculous!!!!!
May 5, 2013
Penny Pursley
May 3, 2013
Pamela Spacek
May 3, 2013
Marcia Mitcheltree
May 3, 2013
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May 3, 2013
Terry Smith
May 3, 2013
Linda Borell
May 3, 2013
Gabriele Ansay
May 3, 2013
Morag Miller
May 3, 2013
taylor belshaw
Apr 30, 2013
Alfred .F Jonhs
Sign people!!!
Apr 28, 2013
Jocelyne FAROUAULT
Apr 27, 2013
Beth Malone
Apr 26, 2013
sandra patterson
Apr 25, 2013
sky vettel
Apr 23, 2013
Charlene Rush
Apr 23, 2013
Barbara Policriti
Apr 22, 2013
Isa Villanen
Apr 22, 2013
macarena rivera
Apr 21, 2013
Yolanda Rivera
Apr 20, 2013
Stacey Calvert
Apr 20, 2013
Paolo Marini
Apr 18, 2013
baez stephanie
Apr 15, 2013
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Apr 14, 2013
Amy Mulvany
Apr 13, 2013
silvana comacchio
Apr 12, 2013
ALICE BELLE WILLIAMS
Apr 12, 2013
Ximena Ortiz
Apr 12, 2013
Elaine Greene
Apr 11, 2013
Arlo Jones
Apr 11, 2013
Nerry Jimenez
Apr 10, 2013
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Apr 10, 2013
Lauren Haley
Apr 10, 2013
Diane Wynne
Apr 10, 2013
Anna Meacham
Apr 9, 2013
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Apr 8, 2013
Candace Faggen
Apr 6, 2013
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Apr 6, 2013
Meiju Lehtiniitty
Apr 5, 2013
Jesie Randhawa
Apr 3, 2013
jenny hamm
Apr 3, 2013
Linda Lippner
Apr 1, 2013
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Mar 30, 2013
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Mar 29, 2013
Debbie Luchka
Mar 29, 2013
Margaret Aldinger
Mar 29, 2013
Stephanie Sherwin
Women are not owned and women have the right to have rights!
Mar 29, 2013
Linda Clark
