| General Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Maternal mortality (per 100,000) | 76 (2020)[1] |
| Women in parliament | 26.4% (2021)[2] |
| Women over 25 with secondary education | 22.0% (2010) |
| Women in labour force | 13.885% (2023)[3] |
| Gender Inequality Index[4] | |
| Value | 0.577 (2019) |
| Rank | 146th out of 162 |
| Global Gender Gap Index[5] | |
| Value | 0.535 (2021) |
| Rank | 154th out of 156 |
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The status of women in Iraq has been affected by wars, Islamic law, the Constitution of Iraq, cultural traditions, and secularism. 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. Abusive practices such as honor killings and forced marriages remain problematic.
- ^ "Maternal Mortality Ratio (Modeled Estimate, per 100,000 Live Births) - Iraq". data.worldbank.org.
- ^ "Iraq". Women Count Data Hub. UN Women.
- ^ "World Bank Open Data". data.worldbank.org.
- ^ "Index" (PDF). HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Global Gender Gap Report 2021" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 13 July 2022.