When Iraqi women face discrimination, her legal clinic can help
Rajaa Abd Ali says the first time she felt discriminated against because of her gender was when she was 16 years old. She was expelled from her high school in Baghdad without reason, she says. Despite the setback, she promised herself she would study law and teach women their rights.
Today, more than two decades later, she is running a project in the heart of Baghdad that’s helping women handle inequities and prejudice.
“I suffered Iraqi society’s discrimination against women in my own skin. It was an injustice. That’s why I studied law, because I didn’t
