Thursday, April 15, 2010

Women in Iraq's parliament -- by law

"At the beginning it wasn't conceivable that a woman could run."
-- Afaf Abdel-Razzak a woman recently elected to Iraq's parliament.


Under the new Iraqi government, 25% of parliament must be female -- it's required by law.

Interesting!

Another great piece from NPR. Listen here:

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