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Yanar Mohammed

Iraqi feminist and women's rights activist

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born
1960
died
2026
age at death
66
known for
journalist, politician, architect

1960 – 2026

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Yanar Mohammed was an Iraqi feminist and women's rights activist. She was a co-founder and the director of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI) and served as the editor of the newspaper Al-Mousawat (Equality). Mohammed started the first shelters for women in Iraq in 2003, protecting them from honor killing and sex trafficking, a network that expanded to 11 houses in five cities by 2018. Between 2003 and 2019, her shelters served more than 800 women.

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