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Diana Nammi, an Iranian campaigner against honour killings is the founder and executive director of the Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation (IKWRO). She came to the UK in 1996 as a former Peshmerga fighter and set up the IKRWO in 2002.

At the age of 15, she set up an underground women's group and she became an active member of an opposition party. In 1979, Islamists took power following the Iranian Revolution and Nammi joined the Peshmerga Kurdish freedom fighters, whilst trying to escape arrest for her feminist activities. For twelve years with the group, she travelled across Kurdistan, Iran, Iraq and Turkey, defending the rights of women and girls.

Nammi's father was her inspiration for her work. At a wedding her father spoke up against 300 wedding guests who wanted the bride killed as it was thought she was not a virgin. From this, Diana helps women and girls from Middle East and Northern Africa affected by honour killings, forced marriages and domestic violence.

Her achievements include being honoured with the Barclays Woman of the Year award on October 13, 2014.