Iraqi researcher Rabi’a Shaker al-Obaidi published a study on Jan. 16 revealing other contributors to harassment, such as unequal educational practices that lead to an unequal social perception of men and women and family disintegration as well as offenders' low self-esteem, which can lead to the failure to establish healthy relationships and even violence.
Journalist Asmaa Obaid expressed pride in Iraqi women and told Al-Monitor, “Although Iraqi women were able to enter many sectors like medicine, engineering, the media and politics, they are still objectified and perceived as maids.” She stressed, “Sexual harassment is the product of a patriarchal culture,” and, “Whether they wear hijab or not, women face sexual harassment.” Obaid called for “deterrent laws to put an end to this phenomenon.”
In the Iraqi Penal Code, Paragraph 400 of Section 3 covers "immodest" and "shameful" acts. It states: “Any person who commits an immodest act with a man or woman and without his or her consent is punishable by a period of detention not exceeding one year plus a fine not exceeding 100 dinars.”
Obaid believes that such punishments are not strong enough deterrents, and that harsh sentences alone are incapable of ending an entrenched social phenomenon like sexual harassment. Social awareness campaigns are needed to help citizens, both men and women, realize that women must not be treated as second-class citizens, she added.
(Photo credit: Edith Castro Roldán, Oscar Manuel Luna Nieto)
Bullshit , this is not harrassment, this the kind of governmenmore and more every dayt we have , ALIA NUSSAIF herself represent the corruption on the highest scale , she and HANAN FATLAWI are the WHORES of iraqi political elite society.
in arabic ) اذا كان رب البيت بالدف ناقرا فشيمة اهل الدار الرقص
ًNOBODY respect the Iraqi government anymore , the only event that stopes people from demonstration is the war against ISIL.
Just wait till Iraq becomes a barren desert, iraq lost 22 million palm dates trees , and losing , and lossing more and more every day, in KRG barzani familly offered oil fields for sale to RAJAB TAIB URDOGAN did not supply heating oil to the population , and no one can open his mouth , as it is no more democracy anymore , barzani plot against its protector ( USA ) , just to accomulate more wealth in swiss banks , so the other Iraqi officials , so what if one woman or tow get harrassed , it is part of what happening in IRAQ, it is going down the drain ,
Nothing will improve the situation in Iraq , this woman willfully voted for such men and women to become her bosses