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Iraqi Women's Union, the Glossary

The Iraqi Women's Union (IWU) was a women's advocacy group founded in 1945 which lasted until the Iraqi government crackdown on leftist organizations in the late 1950s.^[1]

20 relations: Abdul-Karim Qasim, Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1930, Arab Feminist Union, Baghdad, Class discrimination, Communism, Iraqi Red Crescent Society, Iraqi Women's League, Land tenure, Mandatory Iraq, Modernity, New Woman, Polygamy, Reformism, Sabiha al-Shaykh Da'ud, Socialism, Taboo, Underground culture, Urbanization, Women's Awakening Club.
1940s establishments in Iraq
Feminism and social class
Feminist organizations in Iraq
Women's rights in Iraq

Abdul-Karim Qasim

Abdul-Karim Qasim Muhammad Bakr al-Fadhli al-Zubaidi (عبد الكريمقاسم; 21 November 1914 – 9 February 1963) was an Iraqi military officer and nationalist who came to power in 1958 when the Iraqi monarchy was overthrown during the 14 July Revolution.

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Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1930

The Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1930 was a treaty of alliance between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the British-Mandate-controlled administration of the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq.

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Arab Feminist Union

Arab Feminist Union (AFU), also called All-Arab Feminist Union, General Arab Feminist Union and Arab Women's Union, was an umbrella organisation of feminist associations from Arab countries, founded in 1945. Iraqi Women's Union and Arab Feminist Union are organizations established in 1945.

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Baghdad

Baghdad (or; translit) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab and in West Asia after Tehran.

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Class discrimination

Class discrimination, also known as classism, is prejudice or discrimination on the basis of social class.

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Communism

Communism (from Latin label) is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered around common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products to everyone in the society based on need.

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Iraqi Red Crescent Society

The Iraqi Red Crescent Society was founded in 1932, and it has its headquarters in Baghdad.

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Iraqi Women's League

The Iraqi Women's League was an Iraqi women's organization, founded as League for Defending Iraqi Woman's Rights in 1952, which changed the name of Iraqi Women's League in 1958.

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Land tenure

In common law systems, land tenure, from the French verb "tenir" means "to hold", is the legal regime in which land "owned" by an individual is possessed by someone else who is said to "hold" the land, based on an agreement between both individuals.

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Mandatory Iraq

The Kingdom of Iraq under British Administration, or Mandatory Iraq (al-Intidāb al-Brīṭānī ʿalā l-ʿIrāq), was created in 1921, following the 1920 Iraqi Revolution against the proposed British Mandate of Mesopotamia, and enacted via the 1922 Anglo-Iraqi Treaty and a 1924 undertaking by the United Kingdom to the League of Nations to fulfil the role as Mandatory Power.

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Modernity

Modernity, a topic in the humanities and social sciences, is both a historical period (the modern era) and the ensemble of particular socio-cultural norms, attitudes and practices that arose in the wake of the Renaissancein the Age of Reason of 17th-century thought and the 18th-century Enlightenment.

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New Woman

The New Women was a feminist ideal that emerged in the late 19th century and had a profound influence well into the 20th century.

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Polygamy

Polygamy (from Late Greek πολυγαμία, "state of marriage to many spouses") is the practice of marrying multiple spouses.

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Reformism

Reformism is a trend advocating the reform of an existing system or institution – often a political or religious establishment – as opposed to its abolition and replacement via revolution.

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Sabiha al-Shaykh Da'ud

Sabiha al-Shaykh Da'ud (1912–1975) was Iraq's first female law graduate and a prominent women's rights activist.

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Socialism is an economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership.

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Taboo

A taboo, also spelled tabu, is a social group's ban, prohibition, or avoidance of something (usually an utterance or behavior) based on the group's sense that it is excessively repulsive, offensive, sacred, or allowed only for certain people.

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Underground culture

Underground culture, or simply underground, is a term to describe various alternative cultures which either consider themselves different from the mainstream of society and culture, or are considered so by others.

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Urbanization

Urbanization (or urbanisation in British English) is the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change.

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Women's Awakening Club

Women's Awakening Club (Nadi al-Nahda al-. Nisa'iyya), also called Women's Renaissance Club, was a women's organization in Iraq, founded in 1923. Iraqi Women's Union and women's Awakening Club are feminism and history, feminist organizations in Iraq and women's rights in Iraq.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Women's_Union

Also known as The Iraqi Women's Union.