Suaad Allami (Arabic: سعاد اللامي) or Suaad Abbas Salman Allami (Arabic: سعاد عباس سلمان العلمي ) is an Iraqi lawyer from Sadr City in Baghdad. In 2009 she received the International Women of Courage Award. [1] Alami started a women's center in Baghdad with the NGO Women For Progress. [2][3] Women for Progress was the first legal clinic for women in Iraq. [4]
Allami graduated from Baghdad University School of Law in 1992. She worked as a lawyer in Iraq's family courts for seventeen years. [5]
In 2010 Allami received a Master's Degree (LLM) in Law and Human Rights from the University of Minnesota Law School. [5]
Allami was in the Baghdad Provincial Council and Sadr City District Council from 2004 to 2009. She wrote laws for the District and Sub-District Councils of Baghdad Province. [6]
Allami opened the first all female legal clinic in Iraq. She runs five women’s centers in Baghdad. [6]