Tajik Migrants' Wives Fight for Alimony
31 Jan 11
As foreign grants dwindle, NGOs turn to cash-strapped government.
Women often jailed for trying to escape coercive arranged matches.
Female participation in recent election reached all-time high, but hard-won gains could easily be reversed.
Rising numbers of female drivers despite widespread opposition and harassment in conservative city.
Iraqis divided over whether short-term Shia marriage contracts assist or exploit vulnerable women.
Campaign encouraging men to take more than one wife draws controversy in province awash with war widows.
Women unable to obtain divorce by legal means resort to desperate measures.
Growing prosperity sees more women on roads of Iraqi Kurdish city, challenging gender roles.