Hadeel Hazim has 11 years of experience working for Human Rights based NGOs, in which her work has focused on the promotion of women’s rights in Iraq and overcoming complex socio- economic challenges in Iraq including gender discrimination, weak government institutions, corruption and conflict. She is currently a Programme Officer at the Swedish Foundation Kvinna till Kvinna, in the Baghdad Office. She works to increase the status and power of women in conflict-torn Iraq and to empower women’s rights defenders. Prior to this she spent six years with Islamic Relief Worldwide in the Iraq Office where she worked in the department of Gender and Women’s Empowerment.

Participant in: May 2018 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes