The International Women of Courage Award is awarded 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 for better promotion of women's rights. The award was founded by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on the International Women's Day. U.S. embassies have the right to recommend one woman as a candidate.
In 2007, the award was given to 10 women from several countries: Zimbabwe, Indonesia, Latvia, Saudi Arabia, Maldives, Argentina, Afghanistan and Iraq.
In 2008, the award was given to 8 women from eight different: Somalia, Paraguay, Pakistan, Kosovo, Fiji, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Palestinian Authority.
In 2009, eight women received the letter from eight different countries out of 80 candidates: Afghanistan, Guatemala, Iraq, Malaysia, Nigeria, Russia, Uzbekistan, and Yemen.
In 2010, ten women from ten different countries received the award, including: Shukri Asil from Afghanistan, the promotion of women's needs government response. Shadi order from Iran, the pursuit of women's legal rights to cancel stoning. Sister Marie - Claude wafted from Syria, for its contribution to the development of welfare services for women. Justin Mukoko Zimbabwe, the record of human rights violations. And women of the countries: Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Kenya, North Korea, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
The 2011 recipients of the award were : Roza Otunbayeva (president of Kyrgyzstan), Maria Bashir (Chief Prosecutor General, Herat Province, Afghanistan), Henriette Ekwe Ebongo (Cameroon), Jianmei Guo (China), Ágnes Osztolykán (Hungary), Eva Abu Halaweh (Jordan), Ghulam Sughra (Pakistan), Marisela Morales Ibañez (Mexico), Yoani Sanchez (Cuba) and Nasta Palazhanka (Belarus).
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