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Protecting Women Under The International Humanitarian Law: A Study Of The Social, Cultural, And Political Conditions In Iraq And Palestine That Have An Adverse Affect On Women, Nour Mawloud Najeeb Fnish

Theses and Dissertations

This doctoral dissertation examines and studies the protection of women rights under International Humanitarian Law, (also “IHL”) within the context of the social, cultural and political and political conditions with particular reference to the women of Iraq and Palestine. Women in these two countries have suffered unparalleled difficulties that have been afflicted upon them by conditions of war. For a long period in the history of those countries, women as indispensable managers of their families have had to contend with varying challenges necessitating protection under international humanitarian law. This is even more required during periods of war and armed conflicts. …