Six years ago today, the Bush Administration launched its invasion of Iraq. To mark this day—and to recognize the women’s movement that has confronted the US occupation—MADRE has created the following resources.
TAKE ACTION. Demand a Withdrawal of US Troops from Iraq. Sign this petition to President Obama and demand an end to the occupation. The withdrawal plan he has proposed is drawn-out and incomplete, leaving thousands of US soldiers in Iraq. MADRE joins our partners in Iraq in calling for a complete withdrawal, including the closure of US military bases and an end to US efforts to control Iraqi oil resources. Add your name to the petition here.
The War on Iraq: Six Years of Women's Resistance. For six years, MADRE has continually condemned the US occupation and human rights violations of the war on Iraq. This page provides an overview of MADRE analysis and reports over those years.
MADRE Talking Points on Iraq: Six Years of "Liberation" and an Epidemic of Violence Against Women. This resources provides an overview of the major challenges Iraqi women have faced, and of the US occupation policies that have bargained away women’s rights and empowered fundamentalist forces in Iraq.
After Six Years, Some US troops Will Leave Iraq. But Where Are We Leaving Iraqi Women? In this op-ed distributed to newspapers across the country this week, MADRE Communications Director Yifat Susskind recalls the story of one young woman whose life was changed tragically by the occupation and of her work with the MADRE sister organization, the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), to confront human rights violations.
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