MADRE Opposes Abolition of Iraqi Women's Human Rights in Draft Constitution

MADRE, an international women's human rights organization, opposes renewed attempts to impose Islamic law on the people of Iraq. As reported in today's New York Times, a current draft of Iraq's new constitution subordinates guarantees of women's human rights and international law to religious Sharia law and replaces one of the Middle East's most progressive personal status laws with arbitrary interpretations of religious law.