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The Delhi woman - Nirbhaya- who became the focus of women in India to fight against gender-based violence, was honoured with a posthumous US "International woman of courage" award, by U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama and the Secretary of State John Kerry at a State Department function held on Friday March 8 to honour women from across the globe.
The other awardees for this year were Malalai Bahaduri,First Sergeant, Afghan National Interdiction Unit (Afghanistan); JulietaCastellanos, Rector, National Autonomous University of Honduras (Honduras); DrJosephine Obiajulu Odumakin, President, Campaign for Democracy (Nigeria); ElenaMilashina, journalist, human rights activist (Russia); and Fartuun Adan,Executive Director, Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre (Somalia), TseringWoeser (Wei Se), Tibetan author, poet, blogger (China); Razan Zeitunah, humanrights lawyer and Founder, Local Coordination Committees (Syria) and Ta PhongTan, blogger (Vietnam).
International women of courage awards
The other awardees for this year were Malalai Bahaduri,First Sergeant, Afghan National Interdiction Unit (Afghanistan); JulietaCastellanos, Rector, National Autonomous University of Honduras (Honduras); DrJosephine Obiajulu Odumakin, President, Campaign for Democracy (Nigeria); ElenaMilashina, journalist, human rights activist (Russia); and Fartuun Adan,Executive Director, Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre (Somalia), TseringWoeser (Wei Se), Tibetan author, poet, blogger (China); Razan Zeitunah, humanrights lawyer and Founder, Local Coordination Committees (Syria) and Ta PhongTan, blogger (Vietnam).
International women of courage awards
