المرأة والحرب .. بحث انثروبولوجي في مدينة بغداد

Abstract

This research presents an anthropological field study on the status and role of women in the city of Baghdad amidst successive conflicts and wars, focusing on Maghrib Street (Najib Pasha area) and Al-Kasrah area as the spatial scope of the study. The research aims to monitor the structural changes in women's roles and examine how war has reshaped their identity—shifting from a (protected entity) within the cultural imaginary to a (strategic actor) facing death and economic collapse.

The study employed an anthropological survey methodology, utilizing tools such as in-depth interviews, observation, and key informants for a purposive sample of 30 women. These participants were selected to represent the class and social variations between the district center and its popular neighborhoods. The findings indicate that war has led to the (feminization of survival), a decline in traditional patriarchal authority in favor of (necessity-driven matriarchy), and the emergence of new patterns of social action, such as the (Tishreen generation), which seeks to seize a political and social status that transcends traditional adaptation frameworks.