Iraqi Women Shut Out of Politics by Tribal Leaders, CPA

[Fleshdancer]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=655&e=4&u=/oneworld/4536754061071669785

BAGHDAD, Dec 17 (CSM) - As an exiled opposition leader, Safia al-Souhail battled most of her life to get rid of Iraq (news - web sites)'s old government. Now she's fighting to get into the new one.

Since the fall of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s regime, Ms. Souhail has been pleading a new cause: quotas for women in Iraq's new government--in the cabinet, in the national parliament, and in drafting the constitution. "They have seats for Shiites, Sunnis, Kurds, Assyrians," says the human rights activist, "and they didn't think that they should have a seat for the country?"

[Hobarticus]

1. Meet the new boss...same as the old boss

[truthspeaker]

2. ahh, sweet liberation

[Pillowbiter]

3. Funny that Saddam would allow women to vote

and hold political office...of course under Saddam an Iraqi's vote really doesn't mean anything...then again neither did 50,000 americans votes mean anything in 2000.

PB