"In summary, now that overall security situation, although still very fragile, begins to stabilize, and as the Iraqi government is now benefiting from tens of billions of dollars in oil revenues (despite falling global prices), countless mothers, wives, widows and daughters of Iraq remain caught in the grip of a silent emergency. They are in urgent need of protection and – along with their families – are in desperate need of regular access to affordable and quality basic services, and urgently require enhanced humanitarian and financial assistance."
And:
"The women of Iraq have been caught in the grip of a silent emergency for the past six years.
Despite fragile security gains and a decline in indiscriminate and sectarian violence over the
past months, the day-to-day lives of many women in Iraq remain dire. Over the past several
years, women have increasingly been targeted with acts of violence, threats and abduction.
Indirectly, continued insecurity has also greatly degraded the quality of women’s lives across the
country, no matter their religious, economic or cultural identities."
Some of the main findings:
- As compared with 2007 & 2006, more than 40% of respondents said their security situation worsened last year & slightly more than 22% said it had remained static compared to both years
- 55% had been a victim of violence since 2003; 22% of women had been victims of domestic violence; More than 30% had family members who died violently.
- Some 45% of women said their income was worse in 2008 compared with 2007 and 2006, while roughly 30% said it had not changed in that same time period
- 33% had received no humanitarian assistance since 2003
- 76% of widows said they did not receive a pension from the government
- Nearly 25% of women had no daily access to drinking water & half of those who did have daily access to water said it was not potable; 69% said access to water was worse or the same as it was in 2006 & 2007.
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