Widad Akrawi

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name = Widad Akrawi
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birth_date = 1969
birth_place = Akre, Kurdistan Region
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nationality = Danish citizenship
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occupation = Defend International
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website = [http://www.defendinternational.org/ defendinternational.org]
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Widad Akrawi, (1969- ), is a Kurdish author, lecturer, senior lobbyist, and human rights defender [http://www.artpeople.dk/Widad_Akrawi__Booking_af_fored.853.0.html Widad Akrawi: Booking af foredrag, 33113311, om Irak og Islam ] ] [ [http://www.dr.dk/Regioner/Syd/DRSyd/Programmer/Fortaelletimen/Artikler/20061108082504.htm Lobbyist Widad Akrawi - dr.dk/Regioner/Syd/DR Syd/Fortælletimen ] ] [ [http://widad.org/arabic/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=54&Itemid=46 widad.org - غلاف رواية: كتاب تارا باللغتين الدنماركية والنرويجية ] ] . She was born in Akre, Iraqi Kurdistan and has been residing in Denmark since 1992. She earned a Civil Engineering degree from Salahaddin University in 1990. In Denmark she studied at the Technical University of Denmark and worked as a geneticist at the Royal Hospital in Copenhagen. Prior to her commitment to Defend International, she did volunteer work for Amnesty International until 2007. She quit Amnesty International in June 2007. She is now collaborating with the International Action Network on Small Arms [ [http://www.iansa.org/un/1comHighlights07.htm Highlights First Committee 2007 ] ] and other organisations around the globe [ [http://www.defendinternational.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=73 Defend International - DI Networks ] ] . She has over 15 years of experience in the areas of human rights, international security, peace and international conventions.

tatus & Membership

*President, "Defend International" (2007-Now) [ [http://www.defendinternational.com/index.php?option=com_contact&task=view&contact_id=1&Itemid=50 Defend International - Contact ] ] .
*Defend International's representative to the UN Third Biennial Meeting of States, held in New York to consider the implementation of the Programme of Action to prevent, combat, and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects (July 2008) [. [http://www.defendinternational.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=234&Itemid=73 Defend International was accredited to participate in the UN Third Biennial Meeting of States ] ] .
*Defend International's representative to the 52nd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women held at United Nations Headquarters in New York (February to March 2008) [. [http://www.defendinternational.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=175&Itemid=73 Defend International participated in the 52nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women ] ] .
*Defend International's representative to the First Committee of UN General Assembly (October 2007) [. [http://www.defendinternational.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=125&Itemid=73 Defend International - NY: DI Chair Widad Akrawi at UN 62th General Assembly ] ] .
*Member of the board, "Women of Europe Award", Denmark (2003-Now) [ [http://www.woea.dk/EUKP_DK/index_dk.htm Velkommen til Europas Kvinders Pris i Danmark ] ] .
*Member of the board, International Women Steering Committee.
*Member of the "IANSA Women's Network" Working Group.
*Member of the board, "Amnesty International", Danish section (30 April 2006- 18 June 2007) [http://widad.org/arabic/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=68&Itemid= widad.org - وداد عقراوي ] ] .
*Amnesty's ambassador for "Stop Torture", Denmark (9 February 2006- 18 June 2007) .
*Member of jury board, Amnesty International's Arabic Short Novel Competition (April 2006-June 2007) [ [http://ara.controlarms.org/pages/390-291105-background-ara ÇáÍÏø ãä ÇáÃÓáÍÉ ] ] .
*Establishment of a special blog for Amnesty's Control Arms Campagin (June 2006) [ [http://controlarmsblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/blog-post.html ظ…ط¯ظˆظ†ط© - ط§ظ„ط­ط¯ ظ…ظ† ط§ظ„ط£ط³ظ„ط­ط©: ط¢ظ† ط§ظ„ط¢ظˆط§ظ† ظ„ط¹ظ‚ط¯ ط§طھظپط§ظ‚ظٹط© ط¯ظˆظ„ظٹط© ظ„طھظ†ط¸ظٹظ… طھط¬ط§ط±ط© ط§ظ„ط£ط³ظ„ط­ط©- ظ…ط¯ظˆظ†ط© ط­ظ…ظ„ط© ط§ظ„ط­ط¯ ظ…ظ† ط§ظ„ط£ط³ظ„ط­ط© - ظ…ظ†ط¸ظ…ط© ط§ظ„ط¹ظپظˆ ط§ظ„ط¯ظˆظ„ظٹط© ] ]

Books

#"Taras bog: En beretning fra Kurdistan", novel in Danish, 265 pp., Forlaget Forum, København, 2003, ISBN 87-553-3420-2 [http://www.ugeskriftet.dk/portal/page/portal/LAEGERDK/UGESKRIFT_FOR_LAEGER/TIDLIGERE_NUMRE/2003/UFL_2003_50/UFL__2003_50_43783]
#"Taras bok", the Norwegian version of the Danish novel : Taras bog, Oslo, Zagros, 2005, ISBN 82-92628-00-2 [ [http://www.ord.no/categories/410/41010/no/visBok/1215794 Ord.no ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.defendinternational.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=73 Defend International] - official web site
* [http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widad_Akrawi Widad Akrawi]