International Women of Courage Award
Clash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP | International Women of Courage Award | |
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 (nine of the ten) 2018 International Women of Courage Awardees. 1.Julissa Villanueva 2.Sirikan Charoensiri 3.Godelive Mukasarasi, 4. Aliyah Khalaf Saleh, 5. Feride Rushiti, 6. L’Malouma Said, 7. Aiman Umarova, 8 Roya Sadat, 9.Maria Elena Berini | |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | United States Department of State |
| First awarded | Annually starting in 2007 (2007) |
| Website | http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/iwoc/  |
The International Women of Courage Award, also referred to as the U.S. Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award, is an American award presented annually by the United States Department of State to women around the world who have shown leadership, courage, resourcefulness, and willingness to sacrifice for others, especially in promoting women's rights.
Contents
1 History
2 Award recipients by year
3 References
4 External links
History
The award was established in 2007 by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice[1] on International Women's Day, an annual celebration observed each March 8 in many countries worldwide. Each U.S. embassy has the right to recommend one woman as a candidate.[2]
Award recipients by year
- 2007
Ruth Halperin-Kaddari of Israel[3]
Jennifer Louise Williams of Zimbabwe[4]
Siti Musdah Mulia of Indonesia[4]
Ilze Jaunalksne of Latvia[4]
Samia al-Amoudi of Saudi Arabia[4]
Mariya Ahmed Didi of the Maldives[4]
Susana Trimarco de Veron of Argentina[4]
Aziza Siddiqui of Afghanistan[4]
Sundus Abbas of Iraq[4]
Shatha Abdul Razzak Abbousi of Iraq[4]
Mary Akrami of Afghanistan[4]
- 2008
Suraya Pakzad of Afghanistan[5]
Virisila Buadromo of Fiji[5]
Eaman al-Gobory of Iraq[5]
Valdete Idrizi of Kosovo[5]
Begum Jan of Pakistan[5]
Nibal Thawabteh of the Palestinian Authority[5]
Cynthia Bendlin of Paraguay[5]
Farhiyo Farah Ibrahim of Somalia[5]
- 2009
Mutabar Tadjibayeva of Uzbekistan[6][7]
Ambiga Sreenevasan of Malaysia[7]
Wazhma Frogh of Afghanistan[7]
Norma Cruz of Guatemala[7]
Suaad Allami of Iraq[7]
Hadizatou Mani of Niger[7]
Veronika Marchenko of Russia[7]
Reem Al Numery of Yemen[7]
- 2010
Shukria Asil of Afghanistan[8]
Shafiqa Quraishi of Afghanistan[8]
Androula Henriques of Cyprus[8]
Sonia Pierre of the Dominican Republic[8]
Shadi Sadr of Iran[8]
Ann Njogu of Kenya[8]
Lee Ae-ran of South Korea[8]
Jansila Majeed of Sri Lanka[8]
Marie Claude Naddaf of Syria[8]
Jestina Mukoko of Zimbabwe[8]
- 2011
Maria Bashir of Afghanistan[9]
Henriette Ekwe Ebongo of Cameroon[9]
Guo Jianmei of China[9]
Eva Abu Halaweh of Jordan[9]
Marisela Morales Ibañez of Mexico[9]
Ágnes Osztolykán of Hungary[9]
Roza Otunbayeva of the Kyrgyz Republic[9]
Ghulam Sughra of Pakistan[9]
Yoani Sanchez of Cuba[9]
Nasta Palazhanka of Belarus[9]
- 2012
2012 International Women of Courage Awards, March 8, 2012.
Back row, from left: Melanne Verveer (guest), Leymah Gbowee (guest), Shad Begum, Aneesa Ahmed, Hawa Abdallah Mohammed Salih, Samar Badawi, Tawakel Karman (guest).
Front row, from left: Maryam Durani, Pricilla de Oliveira Azevedo, Zin Mar Aung, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Jineth Bedoya Lima, Hana Elhebshi, Şafak Pavey
Aneesa Ahmed of the Maldives[10]
Zin Mar Aung of Burma[10]
Samar Badawi of Saudi Arabia[10]
Shad Begum of Pakistan[10]
Maryam Durani of Afghanistan[10]
Pricilla de Oliveira Azevedo of Brazil[10]
Hana Elhebshi of Libya[10]
Jineth Bedoya Lima of Colombia[10]
Şafak Pavey of Turkey[10]
Hawa Abdallah Mohammed Salih of Sudan[10]
Gabi Calleja of Malta[11]
- 2013
Malalai Bahaduri of Afghanistan[12][13]
Tsering Woeser of China[13]
Julieta Castellanos of Honduras [13]
Nirbhaya "Fearless" of India [13]
Josephine Obiajulu Odumakin of Nigeria[13]
Elena Milashina of Russia[13]
Fartuun Adan of Somalia[13]
Razan Zeitouneh of Syria[13]
Ta Phong Tan of Vietnam[13]
- 2014
Nasrin Oryakhil of Afghanistan[14]
Roshika Deo of Fiji[14]
Rusudan Gotsiridze of Georgia[14]
Iris Yassmin Barrios Aguilar of Guatemala[14]
Laxmi of India[14]
Fatimata Touré of Mali[14]
Maha Al Muneef of Saudi Arabia[14]
Oinikhol Bobonazarova of Tajikistan[14]
Ruslana Lyzhychko of Ukraine[14]
Beatrice Mtetwa of Zimbabwe[14]
- 2015
Niloofar Rahmani of Afghanistan[15]
Nadia Sharmeen of Bangladesh[15]
Rosa Julieta Montaño Salvatierra of Bolivia[15]
May Sabe Phyu of Burma[15]
Emilie Béatrice Epaye of the Central African Republic[15]
Marie Claire Tchecola of Guinea[15]
Sayaka Osakabe of Japan[15]
Arbana Xharra of Kosovo[15]
Tabassum Adnan of Pakistan[15]
Majd Izzat al-Chourbaji of Syria[15]
- 2016
Sara Hossain of Bangladesh[16]
Debra Baptist-Estrada of Belize[17]
Ni Yulan of China[18]
Latifa Ibn Ziaten of France[18]
Thelma Aldana of Guatemala[19]
Nagham Nawzat of Iraq[18][20]
Nisha Ayub of Malaysia[21]
Fatimata M’baye of Mauritania[22]
Zhanna Nemtsova of Russia[18]
Zuzana Števulová of Slovakia[23]
Awadeya Mahmoud of Sudan[24]
Vicky Ntetema of Tanzania[22]
Rodjaraeg Wattanapanit of Thailand[25]
Nihal Naj Ali Al-Awlaqi of Yemen[26]
- 2017[27]
Sharmin Akter, activist on early/forced marriage, Bangladesh
Malebogo Molefhe, human rights activist, Botswana
Natalia Ponce de Leon, president of the Natalia Ponce de Leon Foundation, Colombia
Rebecca Kabugho, political and social activist, Democratic Republic of Congo
Jannat Al Ghezi, deputy director of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq- Major Aichatou Ousmane Issaka, deputy director of social work at the Military Hospital of Niamey, Niger
Veronica Simogun, founder and director of the Family for Change Association, Papua New Guinea
Cindy Arlette Contreras Bautista, lawyer and icon of Not One Woman Less, Peru
Sandya Eknelygoda, human rights activist, Sri Lanka
Sister Carolin Tahhan Fachakh, nun and member of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (F.M.A.), Syria
Saadet Ozkan, educator and gender activist, Turkey
Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh (Mother Mushroom), blogger and environmental activist, Vietnam
Fadia Najeeb Thabet, human rights activist, Yemen
- 2018[28]
Roya Sadat of Afghanistan
Aura Elena Farfan of Guatemala- Dr. Julissa Villanueva of Honduras
Aliyah Khalaf Saleh of Iraq- Sister Maria Elena Berini of Italy (nominated by the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See)
Aiman Umarova of Kazakhstan- Dr. Feride Rushiti of Kosovo
L’Malouma Said of Mauritania
Godeliève Mukasarasi of Rwanda
Sirikan Charoensiri of Thailand
References
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External links
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- Secretary's International Women of Courage Award
- 2010 International Women of Courage Awards, U.S. State Department photostream on Flickr
- 2011 International Women of Courage Awards, U.S. State Department photostream on Flickr