Sundus Abbas

Iraqi activist

Sundus Abbas (Arabic: سندس عباس‎) is an Iraqi activist for women's rights. She is the executive director of the Women's Leadership Institute in Baghdad. In 2007, Abbas received the International Women of Courage Award.[1]

Sundus Abbas (right) in 2007

Abbas teaches women about government and making decisions.[2]

Abbas is from the Iraqi Turkmen ethnic group. In 2016 she represented the Turkmen people at a meeting at the European Parliament.[3]

Awards

  • Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Award from the International Republican Institute (2011)[4]
  • International Women of Courage Award (2007)[1]

References

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