- Yanar Mohammed
Yanar Mohammed (born Baghdad 1960) is a prominent
Iraq i feminist. She is a co-founder and the director of theOrganization of Women's Freedom in Iraq , and serves as the editor of the newspaper "Al-Mousawat " (Equality).She has opened women’s shelters and safe houses to protect women threatened by domestic abuse and what are referred to as honor killings. Her activities against trafficking of young women are an effort to save them from a lifetime of sexual slavery. She teaches women activists how to confront intolerance and regularly advocates equality for women on Iraqi radio and television. Because of her efforts, she is a co-recipient of the 2008
Gruber Prize for Women’s Rights .She is now based in
Canada . [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-115559058.html]External links
* [http://www.guernicamag.com/interviews/326/the_black_glove/ Interview with Yanar Mohammed in Guernica Magazine] * [http://www.guernicamag.com]
* [http://www.whrnet.org/docs/interview-mohammed-0410.html Interview with Yanar Mohammed]Listening
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10543975 Interview with Yanar Mohammed] from "Fresh Air" program, May 30, 2007
Video
* [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/17/1422236 Interview with Yanar Mohammed] from "Democracy Now!" program, October 17, 2005
* [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/14/1426259 Interview with Yanar Mohammed] from "Democracy Now!" program, May 14, 2007
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