Shreen Abdul Saroor

Shreen Abdul Saroor (born 1969) is a Sri Lankan peace and women's rights activist.

[1] In 1990 as part of the Muslim minority in Sri Lanka, she was forcibly removed from her home in Mannar by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and placed in a refugee camp.

[1][2] After experiencing the tragedies of the Sri Lankan Civil War, Saroor was moved to work for peace and women's rights.

[3] In 2004 she was included in the documentary film Leading the Way to Peace, Women Peacemakers.

[2] In 2017, Shreen received the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law.