Shirin Ebadi Biography

Shirin Ebadi, the first Iranian and first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, is an independent, outspoken, and immensely educated woman. As a woman in Iran, her life has paralleled the enormous changes in her nation, and her cry for dissent and support for human rights has sounded loud and clear amid the Middle East's political and religious turmoil. Making history as the first woman judge in Iran Ebadi was deprived of her fundamental rights by the Islamic revolutionaries whom she formerly backed who proclaimed women unfit to serve as judges. She worked her way back as a human rights attorney, defending women and children in politically heated situations. She has been detained and the target of assassination, yet she has spoken up with quiet bravery on behalf of victims of injustice and prejudice throughout it all. She also founded one of Iran's earliest independent nonprofit human rights groups, the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child, against official opposition. A towering person with a forceful voice that will not be hushed Ebadi bravely advocates for democracy and basic human rights for women, children, and all citizens. Her impact reaches well beyond the limits of her country, offering optimism that despite the challenges of these volatile times, Islam, democracy, and all human rights can coexist.

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