Iraq
What Would Rosie the Riveter Do?
reader diary by GWMCHstudents, gwmchstudents@gmail.com
February 7, 2011 - 7:09pm (Print)
When discussing female leadership and the military its easy to pin point the reason for the lack of leadership roles for women while serving in the military. Female roles in combat have been dictated by the restrictions that government places on what they can and cannot do while serving their country; for instance females have long been banned from direct ground combat
U.S. Commander in Iraq to Rescind Policy Punishing Pregnant Soldiers
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
December 25, 2009 - 7:40pm (Print)
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DeGette Speaks Out After Fact-Finding Trip to Afghanistan
by Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check
May 28, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
For Iraqi Women, Human Rights Abuses Continue
by Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check
February 26, 2009 - 2:38pm (Print)
Iraq is a disaster and every day more details surface to show us just how completely we, as a country, destroyed millions of lives.
Survival Sex
October 18, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)
Female Vets Fight on the Frontlines - for Health Care
by Amie Newman
June 19, 2008 - 7:54pm (Print)
War With Ourselves: Sexual Violence In The Military
by Dana Goldstein, RH Reality Check
April 8, 2008 - 8:47am (Print)
U.S. servicewomen today are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire. Sexual violence against female contractors, soldiers and Iraqi girls and women continues to raise the question: what will we do to stop it?
Democrats Talk Tough on Iraq, Economy
January 16, 2008 - 12:02am (Print)
The Democratic debate in Las Vegas tonight evinced remarkable consensus and civility among the three Democratic candidates, and fighting words towards the current Administration and the American political status quo.
Liberating Iraqi Women
by Andrea Lynch, RH Reality Check
June 6, 2007 - 7:30am (Print)
Due to the sustained conflict and economic downturn ushered in by the U.S. invasion, Iraqi women are now migrating to Syria in droves, where they're faced with exotic dancing and sex work to support themselves.
Support Our (Male) Troops!
by Amie Newman
March 13, 2007 - 8:00am (Print)
There is a battle happening in Iraq and it's not between the U.S. and Iraqi soldiers. It's a "private war" between female and male United States soldiers and you won't find reference to it in any of the mainstream media's headlines offering up the latest car bombing or hijacking.
Helen Benedict, in her recent Salon.com article, "The Private War of Women Soldiers", relays true stories of female soldiers who have fought for their lives on the ground in Iraq as they simultaneously battled rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment—all from their fellow U.S. male soldiers.
According to the Salon.com article, more than 160,500 American female soldiers have served in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East since the war begin in 2003; more women than in any war in U.S. history. And although the Pentagon officially prohibits women from fighting in "ground combat", the line between front-line combat and "support" is utterly blurred in this war. Women are fighting this war on the ground but are increasingly finding themselves in harm's way in their own camps as well.
