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Women hold a banner reading “Stop Killing Women” and pictures of women killed to denounce violence against women in Turkey on May 11, 2013 in Ankara. (Adem Altan/AFP)


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A Lebanese activist uses her inked thumb to mark a white sheet during a protest in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, after the country’s parliament approved a long-awaited law that protects women against domestic. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)


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Iraqi protesters hold a banner during a demonstration against the draft of the Ja’afari Personal Status Law during International Women’s Day in Baghdad on March 8, 2014. (Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani)


Opinion: Personal Matters

Opinion: Personal Matters

The Iraqi women protesting in Baghdad—dressed in black—over the Ja’afari personal status draft law which the Iraqi cabinet has approved, are linked to our situation as individuals in general and as women in particular. It is truly an occasion where we must all wear...