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Widad Akrawi
Kurdish health expert and activist
Widad Akreyi | |
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Widad Akreyi addressing the UN, 2010 | |
| Education | Genetics and inherited disease (M.A.); Global health and cancer epidemiology (PhD) |
| Known for | Advocate for human rights, peace and justice, author, Arms Trade Treaty, UN Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, UN Resolution 2117 |
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| Website | widad.org |
Widad Akreyi is a Kurdish health expert and human rights activist.
She has co-founded the human rights organization Defend International and is the author of several books about both health issues and human rights.
Akreyi holds a master's degree in genetics and a PhD in international health and epidemiology.[1] Violations of human rights that occurred during the Iraqi government offensive against the Kurds in 1974, as well as during the Al-Anfal Campaign are thought to have shaped her life.
She has been listed as one of the winners of the F