Yanar Mohammed

Yanar Mohammed
ينار محمد
Mohammed in 2013
Born1960 (1960)
Baghdad, Iraq
Died (aged 66)
Baghdad, Iraq
Cause of deathGunshot wounds
Known forDirector of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq

Yanar Mohammed (Arabic: ينار محمد; 1960 – 2 March 2026) 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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