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Women's rights in Iraq

What is life like for women in Iraq following the US invasion in 2003? Plus, Europe's Erasmus student exchange scheme and the battle in the UK for access to the countryside.

Max Pearson investigates what life is like for women in Iraq following the US invasion in 2003. Plus, first-person accounts of the start of Europe's Erasmus student exchange scheme, the rebellion by Kurds in Iran following the 1979 revolution, and the battle in the UK for the right to walk in the countryside.

PHOTO: Women queuing to vote in the Iraqi city of Basra in 2005 (Getty Images)

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50 minutes

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Mon 25 Apr 2022 23:06GMT

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