Shatha Abdul Razzak Abbousi is an Iraqi women's rights activist. As a member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, and specifically a member of Iraq's Human Rights Committee, she has worked to pass human rights legislation. She also joined The Pledge for Iraq, a women's rights activist group. Abbousi taught biology and Islamic studies before leaving to participate in politics. Before the Iraq War of 2003, she was banned from teaching in any state schools due to refusing to join the Ba’ath Party, but after the war she was able to teach in a public school. She received a 2007 International Women of Courage Award. References Living people Iraqi women Iraqi women's rights activists Year of birth missing (living people) Recipients of the International Women of Courage Award