Yanar Mohammed
Yanar Mohammed | |
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ينار محمد | |
_(cropped).jpg) Mohammed in 2013 | |
| Born | 1960 Baghdad, Iraq |
| Died | (aged 65) Baghdad, Iraq |
| Cause of death | Assassination by gunshots |
| Nationality | Iraqi |
| Known for | Director 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. She was the editor of the newspaper Al-Mousawat (Equality).
Life
Mohammed started the first shelters for women in Iraq in 2003, protecting them from honor killing and sex trafficking.[1][2] Mohammed supported women's rights, secularism and democracy.[3]
Assassination
On 2 March 2026, two unidentified gunmen shot Mohammed near her house in northern Baghdad, Iraq. Mohammed was taken to a hospital but she was presumedly dead of her injuries soon. She was 65 years old.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Yanar Mohammed (30 December 2003). "Letters home: Iraq". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ↑ "Defender of women's rights in war-torn Iraq". The Rafto Foundation. Archived from the original on 15 January 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ↑ "On the Assassination of Feminist Leader Yanar Mohammed". MADRE. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
- ↑ "اغتيال الناشطة العراقية ينار محمد بطلقات غادرة شمالي بغداد". Kurdistan24 (in Arabic). 2026-03-02. Retrieved 2026-03-02.
- ↑ "Iraqi women's rights activist Yanar Mohammed shot dead in Baghdad". The New Indian Express. 2026-03-03. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
Other websites
- Organization for Women's Freedom in Iraq recent website Archived 2026-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Yanar Mohammed on IMDb