Shirin Ebadi

4. Central to Ebadi's work, challenging discriminatory laws regarding marriage, divorce, inheritance, and testimony in Iranian courts
5. Ebadi contested the rule that a womens ______ in Iranian court is worth half that of a man's
7. The fear and prejudice toward Muslims
10. dramatically changed Ebadi's career and the rights of women in the country
12. The organization Ebadi co-founded in Iran in 2001
13. Laws created by government or legislative bodies that are based on reason, social needs, and civil principles rather than religious texts
14. Ebadi's willingness to disagree with and challenge government policies she viewed as unjust

1. The place Ebadi was raised and got an education in.
2. An award from French president Jacques Chirac in Paris November 2006
3. Laws derived from religious texts, teachings, and interpretations
6. Ebadi has lived outside Iran since 2009 due to threats against her life for her activism
8. An award from Germany
9. A major focus of Ebadi's legal practice; she defended many people jailed for their beliefs or activism
11. The country where Ebadi was born, practiced law, and focused much of her human rights work.
13. Ebadi represented families of writers and intellectuals killed in the late 1990s by Iranian intelligence agents, known as the "Chain Murders of Iran"