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Stand Up for Iraqi Women
Target: Secretary of State Condoleezza RiceSponsored by: Womens Funding Network
UPDATE: The deadline for the new Iraqi constitution has been extended, and the role of religious law and women's rights remains controversial. Please sign and forward to your friends today!
Women in Iraq have more to fear these days than the horrors of war. As the August 15 deadline approaches for the completion of the new Iraqi constitution, women in Iraq fear that their hard-won rights could disappear.
Iraq's existing laws regarding women's rights are some of the most progressive in the Middle East, guaranteeing women the right to vote, attend school, run for political office, and own property.
But Article 14 of the new draft constitution aims to replace these laws with Islamic Sharia law - which could dramatically affect women's rights in marriage, court, education and the political system. The draft constitution also does not guarantee Iraqi women a substantial representation in Parliament, as the current interim constitution does.
A renewed interpretation of Sharia law would turn back the clock on women's rights in Iraq. As the occupier of Iraq, the United States is obligated to uphold international law guaranteeing human rights for all Iraqi people, including the full range of rights for women.
Stand up for Iraqi women! Send a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today and urge her to advocate to protect the rights of women in Iraq by working with the Iraqi government to repeal Article 14 and guarantee women's rights under the law.
Women in Iraq have more to fear these days than the horrors of war. As the August 15 deadline approaches for the completion of the new Iraqi constitution, women in Iraq fear that their hard-won rights could disappear.
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Iraq, January 30, 2005: Women waiting to vote in elections. (Photo courtesy U.S. Embassy Baghdad.) |
A renewed interpretation of Sharia law would turn back the clock on women's rights in Iraq. As the occupier of Iraq, the United States is obligated to uphold international law guaranteeing human rights for all Iraqi people, including the full range of rights for women.
Stand up for Iraqi women! Send a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today and urge her to advocate to protect the rights of women in Iraq by working with the Iraqi government to repeal Article 14 and guarantee women's rights under the law.
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We signed the “Stand Up for Iraqi Women” petition!
# 7,650:
3:26 pm PDT, Aug 24,
Jenny Csermak, Sweden
# 7,649:
12:19 pm PDT, Aug 24,
Veronica Gale, United Kingdom
# 7,648:
11:57 am PDT, Aug 24,
Steph Bunn, United Kingdom
Women are equals of men so why force nature to receed.
Women are equals of men so why force nature to receed.
They need a voice, you can be that voice.
# 7,647:
10:53 am PDT, Aug 24,
Florence Davis, New Jersey
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10:01 am PDT, Aug 24,
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10:01 am PDT, Aug 24,
Meshweida Carter Richmond, California
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9:53 am PDT, Aug 24,
Kristi Herzer, North Carolina
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Kelly McRae, Michigan
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9:25 am PDT, Aug 24,
Karen Tensley, Ohio
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8:23 am PDT, Aug 24,
Hanneke Kijlstra, Netherlands
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6:01 am PDT, Aug 24,
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1:18 am PDT, Aug 24,
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11:34 pm PDT, Aug 23,
Shanon Weathers, Tennessee
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10:12 pm PDT, Aug 23,
Erica Popp, Missouri
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10:05 pm PDT, Aug 23,
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9:52 pm PDT, Aug 23,
Rob Mykoff, Louisiana
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9:42 pm PDT, Aug 23,
Kate Gervits, New York
# 7,633:
7:44 pm PDT, Aug 23,
Amber Apostol, Louisiana
Women are not better or worse then men no matter where they live. Just because these women are on the other side of the world does not mean that they should be denied the certain inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Women are not better or worse then men no matter where they live. Just because these women are on the other side of the world does not mean that they should be denied the certain inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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7:23 pm PDT, Aug 23,
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Valerie Plance, West Virginia
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Susan MacNutt, Canada
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2:32 pm PDT, Aug 23,
Nelly Baldan badia, New York
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2:09 pm PDT, Aug 23,
Luis Moutinho da Silva, Portugal
There will be no modern democracy and civil rights under a Constitution that fully obeys any fanatic religious vision. As in America, "land of the free", the first principle of democratic construction is the separation between state and church.
There will be no modern democracy and civil rights under a Constitution that fully obeys any fanatic religious vision. As in America, "land of the free", the first principle of democratic construction is the separation between state and church.
Under the new Iraqi constitution a woman like you could never step up to the public service...
# 7,627:
1:17 pm PDT, Aug 23,
Suzen Willette RNC, Washington
Please would you Please do something for the Iraqi women. Why would you let a people of color be used in such a way as your people were at one time. Stand up for once against you Lord and Master and speak up for what is right.. Maybe when the time comes in your life to take a look at yourself, you will see this one kind deed and it will be enough to keep you from killing yourself.
Please would you Please do something for the Iraqi women. Why would you let a people of color be used in such a way as your people were at one time. Stand up for once against you Lord and Master and speak up for what is right.. Maybe when the time comes in your life to take a look at yourself, you will see this one kind deed and it will be enough to keep you from killing yourself.
You are a woman and you have so much freedom. More than most of us will ever have. I am a women too and I am writing on behalf of the women of this Planet. Right now the women of Iraq need our help and so I beseach your help to speak up to Bush and the congress to not allow this horrid consitutuion to take effect. We all know that the women of Iraq were free before this war so what is your point in taking it away now. What was this war really about Miss Rice?
# 7,626:
1:03 pm PDT, Aug 23,
Harold Piggott, Illinois
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12:27 pm PDT, Aug 23,
Name not displayed, Maryland
I feel we are all created equally.
I feel we are all created equally.
# 7,624:
12:00 pm PDT, Aug 23,
Karen Cano, California
To whom it may concern: It is unbelievable to me in this day and age that women in any country are being stripped of their rights. This is not the 1800's. I cannot believe men are still making more than women for doing the same type of work. What in the world is going on? We need to work together and stop this unfairness immediately. All men, women and children of any race should be treated equally.
To whom it may concern: It is unbelievable to me in this day and age that women in any country are being stripped of their rights. This is not the 1800's. I cannot believe men are still making more than women for doing the same type of work. What in the world is going on? We need to work together and stop this unfairness immediately. All men, women and children of any race should be treated equally.
# 7,623:
11:27 am PDT, Aug 23,
Dorothea Trible, New Mexico
Women are humans, they are people, they are equal.
Women are humans, they are people, they are equal.
You or I could have been born in Iraq.
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11:18 am PDT, Aug 23,
Rosalie Riegle, Illinois
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Vanessa Sayre, Ohio
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Tracey Buczynski, New Jersey
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Jennifer Parisi, New Jersey
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Danielle Silverman, New York
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Hollie Spruill, Texas
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9:37 pm PDT, Aug 22,
Stacia Mohamed, Pennsylvania
Iraq: Call for a human rights based constitution: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/683075087
Iraq: Call for a human rights based constitution: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/683075087
# 7,614:
9:03 pm PDT, Aug 22,
Ida Weatherley, Washington
All Women in this world deserve to be heard on their rights..we all women have the same rights..thats the way it should be..
All Women in this world deserve to be heard on their rights..we all women have the same rights..thats the way it should be..
# 7,613:
8:30 pm PDT, Aug 22,
Name not displayed, North Carolina
# 7,612:
8:26 pm PDT, Aug 22,
Earl Foltz, Indiana
I thought we were supposed to be fighting to establish a democracy in Iraq.
I thought we were supposed to be fighting to establish a democracy in Iraq.
If we are, in fact, establishing some sort of democracy over there, women also should have the right to vote as they do here.
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8:09 pm PDT, Aug 22,
Robert Pankow, California
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7:43 pm PDT, Aug 22,
Kathleen Mcginnis, Pennsylvania
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7:26 pm PDT, Aug 22,
Sue Martin, California
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7:19 pm PDT, Aug 22,
Deborah Fischer, Utah
The horrendous atrocities committed upon women in this entire region based on fanatical religious dogma holds such heavy influence that these women's only real hope is for those of us who ARE free to help them attain, retain, and maintain theirs. It is essential for not only the health of these women, and the entire region, but for the whole world, to advance in the respect for equal human rights to all.
The horrendous atrocities committed upon women in this entire region based on fanatical religious dogma holds such heavy influence that these women's only real hope is for those of us who ARE free to help them attain, retain, and maintain theirs. It is essential for not only the health of these women, and the entire region, but for the whole world, to advance in the respect for equal human rights to all.
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7:17 pm PDT, Aug 22,
Name not displayed, Washington
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6:24 pm PDT, Aug 22,
The Manning Family, Mississippi
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6:07 pm PDT, Aug 22,
Name not displayed, France
Remember the reason why you officialy started this war ? Free Iraqui from Saddam Hussein ? At least, have the decency not to take away more freedom from this women than he did.
Remember the reason why you officialy started this war ? Free Iraqui from Saddam Hussein ? At least, have the decency not to take away more freedom from this women than he did.
# 7,603:
5:24 pm PDT, Aug 22,
Kiwibob Glanzman, Washington
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4:04 pm PDT, Aug 22,
Kimberli Blake, Viet Nam
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3:46 pm PDT, Aug 22,
Lynn Bilowus, New York