USA Chooses Anti-Feminist Group to Train Iraqi Women

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Administration Chooses Anti-Feminist Group to Train Iraqi Women"(W)e'd like to train 150 pro-democracy women on the fundamentals of democracy, women's political activism in a democracy, and to exchange ideas' basically to enable Iraqi women to participate in their country and help Iraq develop a democracy that best suits the needs of that country," she was quoted as saying in a State Department press release.

She also said IWF has planned a five-day conference in December in Amman, Jordan that will be followed by future meetings on a quarterly basis. Rather than recruit women to run for office, she said, "we're just looking for people who want to participate at the community level, people who are interested in education (or) people who might want to be policy makers in the equivalent of a think tank here."

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My point is that the choice is probably appropriate considering the culture they are being sent into. I can see the conflict of interest from a mile away. That is a separate issue.