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100 Days of Progress in Iraq

• Results in Iraq: 100 Days Toward Security & Freedom (PDF Version - 52KB)

 RESULTS IN IRAQ: 100 DAYS TOWARD SECURITY & FREEEDOM

• Introduction
• 10 Ways the Liberation of Iraq Supports the War on Terror
• 10 Signs of Better Security
• 10 Signs of Better Infrastructure and Basic Services
• 10 Signs of Democracy
• 10 Improvements in the Lives of Iraqi Children
• 10 Signs of Economic Renewal
• 10 Examples of International Support for the Renewal of Iraq
• 10 Signs of Cultural Rebirth
•   10 Steps to Improve the Lives of Iraqi Women
• 10 Voices of Liberation

 10 STEPS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF IRAQI WOMEN

1. The Coalition is working to ensure that women play an important role in all parts of the government.
2. Three Iraqi women who are members of the new Governing Council are fully engaged in promoting the involvement of women in Iraq's future.
3. An esteemed former female Iraqi judge in the Ministry of Justice is undertaking a review of laws, legal practices, and the legal profession in Iraq for ways to increase equality and participation of women.
4. The Ministry of Interior conducted an assessment of the former Iraqi Police Force in early April. This resulted in a requirement to target recruitment of women and their inclusion in training offered at all academies. The program will become a reality August 15 when the recruiting drive begins with women as one of the groups targeted for selection.
5. The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has adopted a policy of equal access to services and benefits for all those eligible, and this policy will ultimately expand services as well as quality to larger numbers of Iraqis including women.
6. Iraqi women will have a role in the development of democracy and civil society. A senior administration official from the CPA Democracy and Governance team is conducting outreach activities to involve Iraqi women.
7. The Coalition team has held numerous meetings with Iraqi women from all walks of life to hear their concerns and to listen to their ideas for the future development of democracy in their country. In addition, the CPA has met with various women's groups and with international organizations regarding their ideas and efforts to meet the needs of Iraqi women.
8. The Coalition helped a group of Iraqi women conduct a conference July 9 that included workshops on the constitution and democracy, legal reform, education, health and social affairs, and economic and employment issues. More than 70 women attended, the majority of whom were Iraqi women experts in such fields as law, academia, medicine, and business.
9. Quotas restricting the entry of women into certain university courses have been raised or lifted altogether.
10. Iraqi women's organizations are being created to expand opportunities for women to improve their lives and those of their families.

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