Awatef Rasheed (Arabic: عواطف تركي رشيد‎; born 1956 in Basra, Iraq) is an Iraqi Canadian writer, secular women's rights activist, and the first Iraqi female recipient of Femmy Award. She is a recipient of the Iraqi Women's Initiative Award from the Iraqi Women's Network in 2010. Awatef Rasheed is currently a Regional Adviser for the, Urgent Action Fund for Women's Rights in USA. She served as a Board member for the Canadian Research Institute for Advancement of Women (CRIAW) from 2009- 2012 and previously served on the steering committee for Feminists for Just and Equitable Public Policy (FemJEPP). She has also been a member of the Canadian Federation of University Women, and a representative for the Iraqi Al-Amal Association,