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Why has a Women's Quota Failed to Pierce Iraq's Executive Ceiling?
In Iraq's 2021 federal parliamentary elections, women achieved a historic high-water mark by winning 95 positions in the 329-seat chamber. This comfortably exceeded their constitutionally mandated 25% legislative quota by around five points.
Yet, by the Nov. 2025 polls that momentum sharply reversed when the number of female lawmakers taking up seats dropped to 84.
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