Red Crescent Society in Basra(women's section) 1946-1958Historical study

Abstract

ABSTRACT

    Women are an essential pillar in building society, as they contribute to many businesses. An educated and conscious elite of the women who took upon themselves the practice of charitable and humanitarian work, which effectively contributed to building and improving the conditions of the Basra community at the time, appeared in the Basra Brigade. Therefore, this research came to shed light on one of the most prominent women's associations in the Basra district, which is (the Red Crescent Society - the women's branch), which has taken upon itself to provide everything that is effective and effective towards the people of the Basra community. This branch was established in 1946 after a number of Basra women obtained the approval of the Iraqi Ministry of Interior to open a branch of the association that would be affiliated with the association’s main branch in Baghdad, which was founded in 1932. The association practiced its activities in Basra according to the regulations of the association’s internal system, and its activity was suspended for a period of time in 1954 Following the suspension of the work of Iraqi associations and clubs by the Iraqi government, then it returned to practice its activities until 1958.                                                       

    The research included several axes, the first of which focused on the Baghdad in 1932, then the establishment of a branch of the Society in Basra in 1933, while the second axis focused on the establishment of the women’s association branch in Basra in 1946, with reference to the society’s administrative structure that He managed it during the research period, while the last axis came to shed light on the most prominent activities of the association, which were represented in the financial aspect of the association and how it obtained money, as well as its most prominent social activities in helping the poor and the needy, in addition to its activity in the health aspect and treating children                             

    The research relied on a number of diverse sources, at the forefront of which were the optical newspapers, which provided the research with valuable and rare information that other sources did not address