Eaman al-Gobory ( ar, إيمان الجبوري) is the National Medical Officer for the

International Organization of Migration The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is a United Nations agency that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees, and migrant workers. The IOM was ...

, an international aid organization in Iraq. She graduated from medical school in Baghdad, Iraq, but did not want to join the

Baath Party The Arab Socialist Baʿath Party ( ar, حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي ' ) was a political party founded in Syria by Mishel ʿAflaq, Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Bītār, and associates of Zaki al-ʾArsūzī. The party espoused B ...

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolution ...

, and so left Iraq to work in Yemen. In 2003 she returned to Iraq after the Iraq War of 2003 began, and worked in an emergency room. Later in 2003 she began working for the

, which arranges for people to receive medical treatment in hospitals located in 19 countries. Eaman focuses on treating Iraqi children, searching for those who need specialized care and arranging for them to receive it, as well as working to improve medical care in Iraq. She received a 2008

International Women of Courage The International Women of Courage Award, also referred to as the U.S. Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award, is an American award presented annually by the United States Department of State to women around the world who have ...

Award.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gobory, Eaman Living people Iraqi emergency physicians Iraqi women Year of birth missing (living people) Recipients of the International Women of Courage Award