Nisrin Barwari is an Iraqi Kurd politician who acted as Iraqi Minister for Municipalities and Public Works following the US occupation of Iraq in 2003.
Barwari was appointed Iraq's Minister for Municipalities & Public Works in September 2003, the only woman out of 25 ministers on the Iraqi Governing Council. In June 2004, she was reappointed minister in the Iraqi Transitional Government. In January 2005 she was elected to the Iraq National Assembly, but resigned her membership to continue as minister. Berwari has displayed concern for the rights of women in Iraq. In January 2004, she joined protests against Resolution 137 of the Iraqi Governing Council that would have curtailed women's rights by making Iraq's personal status law subject to religious doctrine. During her time as minister in Baghdad she survived several assassination attempts.
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In 2006, Barwari took a year out of Iraqi politics to study at the Harvard Kennedy School. She also has a PhD in Spatial Planning from the University of Dortmund. Barwari is an associate professor at the University of Duhok. She is a Planning Steering Committee member of the Duhok governorate and a representative of FWE, an NGO focusing on humanitarian assistance to displaced Iraqi and Syrian refugees into the KRG. Barwari also writes and researches on Iraq's political economy for the LSE. Barwari has a company manufacturing edible products made from apples grown in the Duhok region. HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING • BSc Architecture and Urban Planning, Baghdad University, Iraq • MPA Public Policy and Management, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, USA • International Leadership and Management Certification, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA • Senior Managers in Government Executive Education Program, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, USA • Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century Executive Education Program, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, USA • PhD Spatial Planning, Technical University of Dortmund, Germany • Teaching Methodology Certification, Nawroz University, Iraq • Teaching and Research Methodologies Certification, Technical University of Dortmund, Germany PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS • Chosen by the World Economic Forum at Davos as a prominent leader as a Young Global Leaders in 2005. • Received a Distinction in Public Participation by the Arab League as one of 10 distinguished women in the Arab World in 2004. • Received the UN Scroll of Honor by the UN for Outstanding Commitment to the welfare of displaced and vulnerable persons in Northern Iraq in 2004. Edit
