Originally Posted by Eric5273

Another article:

Women Lose Ground in the New Iraq
Once They Were Encouraged to Study and Work; Now Life Is 'Just Like Being in Jail'

By Nancy Trejos
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, December 16, 2006; Page A12

But interviews with 16 Iraqi women, ranging in age from 21 to 52, show that much of that postwar hope is gone.