Bombs Won’t Set Women Free

Bombs Won’t Set Women Free

Credit...Mahsa Alafar

Ms. Ahmad is an editor in the Opinion section.

On the morning of March 2, three days into the American-Israeli bombing campaign in Iran, Yanar Mohammed, a 65-year-old women’s rights proponent in Iraq, was gunned down in front of her home in northern Baghdad.

Her killing is still under investigation, but it is almost certain that Ms. Mohammed was killed because of her work. She had spent the better part of the last 20 years campaigning for women’s rights and operating........

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