The Revolution and Women in Iraq

Saddam Hussein

The Revolution and Women in Iraq.

The Revolution and Women in Iraq was published in 1981 by the Translation and Foreign Languages Publishing House-Baghdad.

Edited by Naji Al-hadithi.

Translated by Khalid Kishtainy.

Printed in Switzerland.

President Saddam Hussein.

Introduction

One of the main aims of the Revolution of 17 July 1968 in building the new free society is the emancipation of women.

This issue has been the focal point of many measures taken by the government of the Revolution in the whole process of liberating the society from all aspects of exploitation, backwardness and ignorance.

The ideological and political background as well as the general social, cultural and economic context of such measures were high-lighted in many documents.

Among the most important of these documents are a collection of speeches given on different occasions by President Saddam Hussein, deputy secretary-general of the Arab Ba'th Socialist Party, contained in this book.

The editor.

Chapter 1	Women—One Half of Society.
Chapter 2	Avoiding Two Erroneous Tendencies.
Chapter 3	Not Fear but Careful Planning.
Chapter 4	The Planned Progress of the Revolution.
Chapter 5	The Revolution and the Historical Role of Women.

President Saddam Hussein said:

Strengthening the economic status of women through both legal rights and social conventions is part of the liberation process. Strengthening and expanding the conditions which prohibit polygamy is also part of that process. The same can be said about limiting divorce with additional restrictions and wider and stricter conditions. The expansion of education and the provision of equal opportunities for men and women is another move in that direction. More important than anything is the liberation of women through active work and sincere participation in the reconstruction of society. (Chapter 4).

President Hussein also said:

The stage which I have just mentioned, and which requires flexibility in our steps toward the desired goals, will not be long. It is not going to take a long time before women enjoy their full legal rights and occupy their historical place as planned in the construction of the new society of unity, liberty and socialism under the leadership of the Arab Ba'th Socialist Party. (Chapter 4).

Little did President Saddam Hussein know that Wahhabi Islam had a military ally at the Jesuit controlled Pentagon which would ruin all his plans to emancipate Iraqi women . . . and thus all Arab women . . . from Sharia law!!

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