Yanar Mohammed departed from her home in Toronto, Canada to revisit Iraq to help fight for an issue that she feels very deeply about-women’s rights. She stated in a CNN interview, "Nobody listened to us,". "To the tribals, to the Islamists, but never to women." Mohammed founded the organization of women’s freedom in Iraq in 2003 in order to stand up and provide protection for the vulnerable women in Iraq. Mohammed stated that, “Nobody has the right to tell us that we are second-rate citizens.” Traditionally many Iraqi women have more rights than of those women in countries close to Iraq, according to the Human Rights Watch. Sex, blood, language, social origin, or religion were the major factors that Saddam Hussein declared had to be equal while he was the leader of the Baathist party. This also allowed women the right to vote and run for office. The number of women killed, raped, or kidnapped is continuing to increase, reported the United Nation. The killing of women who brought dishonor to their family is honor killing. "Nobody can speak about democracy if women are being killed for honor,” Mohammed said. Mohammed and her organization are continuously fighting for more rights that women in other nations take for granted. The Organization of Women’s Rights has helped and will continue to help the women of Iraq.
This is a terrible situation that should not be happening to the women of Iraq, or any other country as a matter of fact. These women suffer daily due to their governments lack of democracy which causes them to lose their basic human rights. I believe that the organization that Mohammed founded is a wonderful step toward gaining freedom for these women.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/26/pysk.mohammed/index.html?iref=newssearch
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