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Khanim Rahim Latif
File:Protrait of Khanim Latif, Director of Asuda.jpg
Executive Director of Asuda
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 21, 2002
PresidentRezan Akreyi
Preceded byAshti Aziz
Personal details
Born (1969-01-01) 1 January 1969 (age 55)
Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Spouse
Kamal Rauf
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(m. 1962)​
Children1
Residence(s)Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
WebsiteWebsite

Khanim Rahim Latif (Template:Lang-ckb; Template:Lang-ar-at),(born January 1, 1969 in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq) is a liberal women’s rights activist in Iraqi Kurdistan who seeks to defend equality and offer women a refuge from gender-based violence.

Early life and education

Latif has bachelor's degree in Law and Political Science in 2014-2015 and Diploma in Social Work Practice from the Church University of Canterbury in the UK in 2006.[citation needed]

Career

Latif joined women's rights movement in Kurdistan in 2000. In 2002, she founded the first women's protection shelter providing refuge to victims of gender based violence and honor killing. She was appointed as the Director for Asuda, the first independent NGO to focus on violence against women in Iraq based in the city of Sulaymaniyah. She has published several booklets and books in Kurdish including Consequences of violence against women. Latif also translated into Kurdish several international conventions and documents on women’s rights such as CEDAW.[citation needed]

Khanim Latif meeting with former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the US State Department, 2008

Latif has been a member of Frontline Defenders International since 2010, a member of the Kurdish National Congress (KNK)[1] since 2011, and a member of Amnesty International since 2006. She has worked extensively on UNSCR1325 related activities in Iraq and Kurdistan and is a founding member of UNSCR1325 Iraq National Action Plan (INAP) coalition. Latif is also an adviser Global Fund for Women for Middle East and North Africa.[2] Latif is also a member of the Honor Based Violence Awareness Network.[3]

Latif was selected as an independent candidate for the Iraqi National Assembly (Parliament) elections for the 2005 elections.[citation needed] She attended many of the countrywide conferences, workshops and symposiums on women in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities. She also participated in campaigning for endorsing a 25% quota for female participation in the future legislative authorities in Iraq/National Assembly.

Latif was selected as nominee for the US Department of State Women of Courage Award in 2008 and a nominee for 2016 Vital Voices Global Leadership Award.[4]

Latif contributes to many reports by international and local organizations and media about women's issues in Kurdistan and Iraq and has been interviewed by international media as a source of information with regard to women's rights in Iraq.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]

Khanim Latif meeting with Zainab Hawa Bangura, United Nations Secretary-General Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, March 2016

Latif also regularly participates in international, regional, countrywide and local events and conferences on women's rights and SGBV in Iraq.[20]

Khanim Latif at the Vital Voices Global Leadership Award Ceremony-2016, at the Kennedy Arts Center

In 2014, after the terrorist group ISIS began a violent campaign against the region’s Yazidi population, Latif contributed to the search for women survivors in abandoned buildings and temporary shelters. She discovered that ISIS had abducted at least 2,000 women during the attack. As some of the abducted women started to escape, Latif sought them out and offered Asuda’s care. She learned that women were being tortured, sold, sexually abused and forced into labor and publicized these atrocities locally and globally.[citation needed]

Personal life

Latif is married to Kamal Rauf, a journalist in Iraqi Kurdistan and Director of Sharpress publications and has one daughter.[citation needed]

Awards

In recognition for her work and contribution to women's rights in Iraq, Latif received the Vital Voices 15th Global Leadership Award for Human Rights. She was honored on 9 March 2016 during a ceremony held at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. The award honored Latif together with three other activists: Hafsat Abiola-Costello, Akanksha Hazari and Yoani Sánchez.[21][22][23][citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Kongra Kurdistan".
  2. ^ "Inspirational Women Leaders". Global Fund for Women. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  3. ^ "EXPERTS". hbv-awareness.com. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  4. ^ "Global Leadership Awards | Vital Voices". www.vitalvoices.org. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
  5. ^ "Khanim Rahim Latif: We have to be United". VOA. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  6. ^ Aid, Christian. "Women's rights – at election time and beyond - Christian Aid". www.christianaid.org.uk. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  7. ^ Chulov, Martin (July 5, 2010). "The razor and the damage done: female genital mutilation in Kurdish Iraq". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  8. ^ "One Woman Is Risking Her Life to Save Thousands in Iraqi Kurdistan". TakePart. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  9. ^ "Time for a Rethink". Qantara.de - Dialogue with the Islamic World. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  10. ^ "Honour Based Violence Report IKR and Kurdish Diaspora" (PDF).
  11. ^ "IRAQ COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IN FORMATION (COI) REPORT" (PDF).
  12. ^ "law | Equal Power - Lasting Peace". www.equalpowerlastingpeace.org. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  13. ^ "New weapon's law in Iraq deadly threat to women - Kvinna till Kvinna – works for peace and gender equality". Kvinna till Kvinna – works for peace and gender equality. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  14. ^ "Meet the Bold, Brave Woman Fighting for Women's Rights in Iraqi Kurdistan". AnonHQ. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  15. ^ "The feminists on the frontline". Stylist Magazine. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  16. ^ Twitter, Michele Kelemen. "Sister's Forced Marriage Started Iraqi Woman On Activist Path". NPR.org. Retrieved March 16, 2016. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  17. ^ (design), echonet communication gmbh (http://www.echonet.at), gregor borbely (css / html / templates), norbert adenberger (php / database), anja merlicek. "Frauen-Ohne-Grenzen.org | Women-Without-Borders - SAVE - Activities". www.women-without-borders.org (in German). Retrieved March 16, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ Lattimer, Mark (December 13, 2007). "Freedom lost". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
  19. ^ "How picture phones have fuelled frenzy of honour killing in Iraq". The Independent. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
  20. ^ "Building a New Iraq: Women's Role in Reconstruction" (PDF).
  21. ^ "Global Leadership Awards".
  22. ^ "Women, Always Postponed". The Huffington Post. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  23. ^ "Vital Voices - 15th Annual Global Leadership Awards". Exposure. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
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