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During the height of the Iran-Iraq War, women made up a large portion of the domestic workforce in Iran, replacing men who were fighting, injured, or dead. [9] Women also played significant roles in lobbying for military veteran pension plans after the war. [10]
Dr Farzaneh examines the role of women in this conflict and highlights the integral place women have historically played in the arena of warfare and the need to continue research in this field. This podcast questions the phenomenon of war as male dominated by demonstrating that women have always been part of all wars throughout history.
Sep 2, 2014 · Some roles of Iranian women in that conflict included: Participation in military, economic and social mobilization; logistic support in the headquarters on the front lines; taking care of their families and moral support for men who were dispatched to the front; migration from war-zones and becoming familiar with other social environments; and ...
- Elaheh Koolaee
- 2014
Feb 12, 2024 · With tens of thousands of young men at the front during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), the government was forced to employ more women to work; they became the sole breadwinners in the family. In cases where a father died fighting in the war, the newly reconstituted family courts were inclined to give the child custody to the mother rather than ...
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi women are war widows, and Women's rights organizations struggle against harassment and intimidation while they work to promote improvements to women's status in the law, in education, the workplace, and many other spheres of Iraqi life.
Nov 1, 2021 · Mateo Mohammad Farzaneh’s book is a meticulous chronicle of the lives of Iranian women who contributed to the eight-year war between their country and Iraq. Overcoming prescribed gender roles and cultural taboos, many women flocked to the war zone to be part of what they believed a “holy defense.”
Mar 20, 2023 · Two decades of religious and tribal domination in Iraq have had devastating consequences for women. The ongoing battle between rival religious political groups only adds to the hopelessness, with the international community’s support of the Islamic Shia factions and their tribal allies further perpetuating the tragedy.
