 Has the so-called "new era of democracy" helped entrench conservative attitudes toward women?
In the weeks following the invasion of Iraq, hundreds of women marched in the streets of central Baghdad, optimistic about their future.
Today nearly a third of the new Iraqi Assembly is made up of women MPs in line with the quota set by the interim government.
But most of them belong to a powerful coalition that is keen to introduce parts of Sharia law, divine Islamic law.
Iraqi writer Haifa Zangana and director of the NGO Forward thinking, Huda Jawad discuss what the new democracy will mean for Iraqi women.
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