List of Abbreviations and Acronyms .................................................................................................. 4
Glossary of Terms Table ...................................................................................................................... 5
About the project .................................................................................................................................. 7
Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................. 9
Quantitative Insights ........................................................................................................................ 10
Interpretation of Findings ................................................................................................................ 11
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 13
Context of the Iraqi Parliamentary elections in November 2025 ................................................... 13
The Electoral Cycle ............................................................................................................................. 14
Boycott narratives ............................................................................................................................ 14
Electoral silence – 8 November 2025............................................................................................... 15
Special Voting – 9 November 2025 .................................................................................................. 15
General Voting – 11 November 2025 .............................................................................................. 16
Electoral Results: Women's Representation in the Sixth Parliamentary Cycle ............................ 17
Comparison with Previous Elections ............................................................................................... 17
The Quota Mechanism and Seat Allocation .................................................................................... 18
Regional Variations .......................................................................................................................... 18
Women Candidate Participation Rates ........................................................................................... 20
Purpose of the Report ......................................................................................................................... 21
Qualitative Dataset.............................................................................................................................. 22
Quantitative Dataset ........................................................................................................................... 23
Arabic Context: ................................................................................................................... 23
Kurdish Context .................................................................................................................. 23
Accounts list selection: ........................................................................................................................ 23
Data Collection ................................................................................................................................. 24
Data Sample Description.................................................................................................................. 24
Findings................................................................................................................................................ 31
I. Qualitative Case Study: Main Trends and Narrative Techniques of Online Gender-based violence
during different stages of the Iraqi Parliamentary electoral cycle in 2025 ...................................... 31
Dominant narratives during the pre-election period (August - November 2025 | 3 months
before the election) ............................................................................................................ 31
Summary of Online Tactics and Narratives Targeting Women Candidates ................................... 32
Narrative 1: Morality and social harm ................................................................................. 34
Tactic: content recycling ..................................................................................................... 34
Manipulating content and deceptive labelling: Sexual insinuation & guilt by association ...... 36
Hate speech: Body Shaming and Sexualized Degradation ..................................................... 37
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