Mishkat Al-Moumin Ph.D.

Dr. Mishkat Al-Moumin is a renowned human rights lawyer and environmental activist. As the Minister of the Environment of the Interim Iraqi Government (2004-2005) she designed the Iraqi ministry of the environment, developed environmental laws, and led campaigns supporting Iraqi people living in environmentally dangerous areas, as well as initiating and leading numerous environmental awareness and cleanup projects. During her term the ministry of the environment issued the Report on the Environmental Status of Iraq – the first in the country’s history.

Prior to joining the Iraqi government, Mishkat was the Women's Issues Director for the Free Iraq Foundation, where she successfully advocated for women to hold 25 percent of the seats in the new Iraqi parliament. In 2004, Dr. Al-Moumin worked with the International Federation of Election Systems as an advisor on the elections in Iraq. She is also the founder and the director of Women and the Environment – an Iraqi civil service organization.

Dr Al-Moumin holds a MPA from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, as well as a MA and Ph.D. in public international law from the University of Baghdad. Dr. Al-Moumin is currently a visiting scholar at the Environmental Law Institute in Washington, D.C.