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July 8, 2008, New York, New York – The Peter and Patricia
Gruber Foundation today announced that it will award the 2008 Women’s
Rights Prize to three courageous activists who, at great risk to their
own safety, have led successful efforts to advance women’s rights in
their respective societies.
Yanar Mohammed – co-founder of Organization of Women’s
Freedom in Iraq, has become the focal point for women’s rights activism
in Iraq. She is publisher of Al Mousawat, which calls for full
equality for women, and has opened women’s shelters and safe houses to
protect women threatened by domestic abuse and what have been referred
to as honor killings. She teaches women activists how to confront
intolerance and regularly advocates equality for women on Iraqi radio
and television.
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Condemn the killings of women in Basra and Umara
he southern cities
of Iraq
which are totally under the grip of Islamist parties have turned into no-woman
zones. Female physical appearance is not acceptable in the streets, educational
institutions, or at work places. Although veiled and passive, death awaits
women around street corners, in the market, and visits them inside their homes
daily in the city of Basra.
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Condemn another hideous stoning of an 11
years old girl in Kurdistan
Sara Jaffar Nimat is
an 11-year-old girl from the town of
Khanaqin in Iraqi Kurdistan. She was
murdered on the 3rd August.
The painful,
degrading and horrific killing of Sara
is another outrageous crime against
young girls and women in Kurdistan. Sara
was only in fifth grade at school. Loved
by her friends, they played together on
the night she was killed. Sara’s body was found
in a nearby empty building. It had been
hit by bricks, stones, and then burnt.
There is not much information yet about
who committed such a barbaric crime
against an innocent young girl.
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 The Eleanor Roosevelt
Global Women’s Rights award was
presented to Yanar Mohammed, the
president of OWFI in recognition of her
endeavors in voicing Iraqi women and
protecting their rights in the post-war
Iraq.
The award celebration
was attended by an audience of 300
including key figures from Los Angeles
on May 14 th. Four women were honored by
this award for their achievement for
women and human rights: Dr. Sima Samar,
chair of the Afghanistan Independent
Human Rights Commission and
highest-ranking female in the Afghan
government , Dr. Rebbecca Gomberts,
founder of Women on Waves, a mobile
clinic offering safe abortions and
inspiring legalization campaigns
internationally; and Laurie David,
environmental leader and producer of the
Oscar-winning film, An Inconvenient
Truth, in addition to Yanar Mohammed,
the president of the Organization of
Women’s Freedom in Iraq.
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