Irakiska konstitutionen - kvinnlig beaktning eller negligering

Sammanfattning: 15th of December 2005 was a historical day for the Iraqi people when they could vote for the first time in a free referendum for the draft of the new constitution. The result showed that 79% accepted it. The Iraqi constitution has been criticized by many for its Islamic ascendancy. By giving Islam the role as the source for legislation, will make the situation worse for the Iraqi women, so it has been said. My aim with this Master thesis is not to evaluate weather or not Islam as a religion will undermine women's roll in the society. My ambition is rather to examine the constitution in order to see which kind of theory of citizenship it is inspired from and how will it affect the situation of the Iraqi women. A text analysis has been conducted on the constitution for the purpose of determine what theory of citizenship it has been influenced by. The result of the analysis showed that communitarianism is the one. A theory based on a strong community, where they emphasize the belonging to it. But by stressing the importance of the community the theory is risking of "freezing" the women in the group.