Shirin Ebadi

Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian human rights lawyer and Nobel laureate. She has been a vocal advocate for women's rights and children's rights in Iran. Ebadi has written several books on human rights and has been a professor at Tehran University. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 for her efforts to promote human rights in Iran. Ebadi has been living in exile since 2009 and is based in Norway.