According to an Oxfam survey of 1,700 Iraqi women, a reduction in violence since 2006 has not translated into improved living conditions. Poverty is rampant, electricity is sporadic, and nearly halfdo not have access to clean water.
"Women are the forgotten victims of Iraq. Despite the billions of dollars poured into rebuilding Iraq and recent security gains, a quarter of the women interviewed still do not have daily access to water, a third cannot send their children to school and since the war started, over half have been the victim of violence. And to add further insult more than three quarters of widows, many of whom lost their husbands to the conflict, get no government pension which they are entitled to," said Oxfam International Executive Director Jeremy Hobbs.
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