Yemeni physician and activist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ashwaq Moharram (Arabic: أشواق محرّم ) is a doctor from Yemen.[1] BBC named her on their list of 100 most inspirational and influential Women for 2016.[2]
Ashwaq Moharram was born in Yemen. She received a bachelor’s degree in medicine and general surgery from Sana’a University in 1998. In 2004, she received a diploma in reproductive health from Liverpool University in Britain. In 2013, she received a master’s degree from the National University of Malaysia.[3]
After the war started, Ashwaq's husband became sick. He had a heart infection. He needed medicine, but there was no medicine in the hospital. He went to Jordan with their two children.[1]
In 2000 Ashwaq went to work at the General Hospital in Hodeidah. In 2001 she became the head of the department of obstetrics and gynecology. In 2007 she became a lecturer at the Faculty of Health Sciences at Hodeidah University. [3] She is now the Deputy Director General of the Public Health and Population Office of the Directorate of Hodeidah.[4][5]
Before the war, Ashwaq worked with international organizations to fight hunger. In March 2016, after the war started, the organizations left Yemen.[6] After the international organizations left, she gave food to people at her own expense, using her mobile clinic.[7]
In July 2016, three youths sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl in the Zahra neighborhood. Ashwaq examined the child and the police arrested the three youths.[8] In October 2016, Ashwaq was arrested by Houthis while giving people food. The local people stood in front of them and forced them to free Ashwaq.[9]
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