Hanaa Edwar

Hanaa Edwar (born 1946) is an Iraqi women's rights activist. She is the founder and general secretary of Iraqi Al-Amal Association, and co-founder of the Iraqi Women's Network.

Biography

Edwar received a degree in law from Baghdad University in 1967.[1]

She founded the Al-Amal Association in 1992.[2]

In July 2005 she helped organize protest at Article 41 of the newly drafted constitution, and called for a meeting between women's rights activists and members of the constitutional drafting committee.[3]

In June 2011 she interrupted a government television conference to challenge Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki about the army having arrested foiur protestors.[4] After she challenged the prime minister publicly, a "bullet was left in an envelope outside her office."[5]

She won Arab Woman of the Year Award in 2013.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Hanaa Edwar". The Institute for Inclusive Security. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Abouzeid, Rania (5 October 2015). "Out of Sight". The New Yorker. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Cynthia H. Enloe (2010). Nimo's War, Emma's War: Making Feminist Sense of the Iraq War. University of California Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-520-26077-1.
  4. ↑ Arwa Damon, The woman who lambasted Iraq's prime minister, CNN, October 6, 2011
  5. ↑ Beaumont, Peter (16 March 2013). "Iraq War 10 Years On: 'There is Phenomenal Violence Against Women. I Hear of Rape Cases in Prison. Police Officers are Doing It'". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  6. ↑ Hanaa Edwar is awarded "Arab woman of the year 2013"

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