Seattle Arts and Lectures: Shirin Ebadi May 19, 2009

Born in northwestern Iran in 1947, Ebadi is the author of numerous papers and articles for Iranian journals, and is the author of Iran Awakening: One Woman's Journey to Reclaim her Life and Country (2007) and Refugee Rights in Iran (2008). Married with two college-age children, she continues to practice law in Tehran, despite continued resistance, regulations, and political unease. She is also a founder, with six other female Nobel winners, of the Women's Nobel Prize Initiative, a nonprofit based in Canada that works for women's rights internationally. She is also the founder one of the first independent, nongovernmental human rights organizations in Iran: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child.