Helping Iraqi Women Escape Violence

Beyond the Veil| There are no laws governing rape in Iraq and the government does not keep record of rape cases. The Ministry for Women’s Affairs, set up in 2003, has made so little difference in protecting women’s rights that Nasal Al-Samaraie, the appointed minister, resigned in March, saying that her mission was “very hard, if not impossible, to achieve.”

Watch this Front Line video Iraq: The Hidden Crime of Rape, in which Anna Badkhen and photojournalist Mimi Chakarova travel under cover into Iraq, gaining the confidence of Iraqi women, to tell their story. via Huffington Post