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International Women of Courage Award

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.

History
The award was established in 2007 by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on or near the International Women's Day, an annual celebration observed each March 8 in many countries worldwide. ==Award recipients by year==
Award recipients by year
2007 Ruth Halperin-Kaddari of IsraelJennifer Louise Williams of ZimbabweSiti Musdah Mulia of IndonesiaVirisila Buadromo of FijiAmbiga Sreenevasan of MalaysiaShafiqa Quraishi of Afghanistan 2011 Maria Bashir of AfghanistanHenriette Ekwe Ebongo of CameroonZin Mar Aung of Burma 2013 Malalai Bahaduri of AfghanistanTsering Woeser of ChinaRoshika Deo of FijiNadia Sharmeen of BangladeshDebra Baptist-Estrada of BelizeNi Yulan of ChinaLatifa Ibn Ziaten of FranceNagham Nawzat of IraqNisha Ayub of MalaysiaFatimata M’baye of MauritaniaZhanna Nemtsova of RussiaAwadeya Mahmoud of SudanVicky Ntetema of TanzaniaNihal Naj Ali Al-Awlaqi of Yemen 2017 2017 awards were awarded to: • Sharmin Akter, activist on early/forced marriage, BangladeshMalebogo Molefhe, human rights activist, BotswanaNatalia Ponce de Leon, president of the Natalia Ponce de Leon Foundation, ColombiaRebecca Kabugho, political and social activist, Democratic Republic of CongoJannat 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, NigerVeronica Simogun, founder and director of the Family for Change Association, Papua New GuineaCindy Arlette Contreras Bautista, lawyer and icon of Not One Woman Less, PeruSandya Eknelygoda, human rights activist, Sri LankaSister Carolin Tahhan Fachakh, nun and member of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (F.M.A.), SyriaSaadet Ozkan, educator and gender activist, TurkeyNguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh (Mother Mushroom), blogger and environmental activist, VietnamFadia Najeeb Thabet, human rights activist, Yemen 2018 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 Berini2018 awards were awarded to: • 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 2019 ; 2019 awards were awarded to: • Marini De Livera of Sri LankaRazia Sultana (Bangladesh) • Naw K’nyaw Paw (Myanmar) • Moumina Houssein Darar (Djibouti) • Maggie Gobran (Egypt) • Khalida Khalaf Hanna al-Twal (Jordan) • Orla Treacy (Republic of Ireland) • Olivera Lakić (Montenegro) • Flor de María Vega Zapata (Peru) • Anna Aloys Henga (Tanzania) Note: According to Foreign Policy magazine, an intended award for Jessikka Aro (Finland), announced in January 2019, was withdrawn shortly before the ceremony in March 2019. 2020 2020 awards were awarded to: • Zarifa Ghafari (Afghanistan) • Lucy Kocharyan (Armenia) • Shahla Humbatova (Azerbaijan) • Ximena Galarza (Bolivia) • Claire Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso) • Sayragul Sauytbay (China) • Susanna Liew (Malaysia) • Amaya Coppens (Nicaragua) • Jalila Haider (Pakistan) • Amina Khoulani (Syria) • Yasmin al Qadhi (Yemen) • Rita Nyampinga (Zimbabwe) 2021 2021 awards were awarded to: • Maria Kalesnikava (Belarus) • Phyoe Phyoe Aung (Burma) (sic) • Maximilienne C. Ngo Mbe (Cameroon) • Wang Yu (China) • Mayerlis Angarita (Colombia) • Julienne Lusenge (DRC) • Erika Aifan (Guatemala) • Shohreh Bayat (Iran) • Muskan Khatun (Nepal) • Zahra Mohamed Ahmad (Somalia) • Alicia Vacas Moro (Spain) • Ranitha Gnanarajah (Sri Lanka) • Canan Gullu (Turkey) • Ana Rosario Contreras (Venezuela) 2022 2022 awards were awarded to: • Rizwana Hasan (Bangladesh) • Simone Sibilio do Nascimento (Brazil) • Ei Thinzar Maung (Burma) • Josefina Klinger Zúñiga (Colombia) • Taif Sami Mohammed (Iraq) • Facia Boyenoh Harris (Liberia) • Najla Mangoush (Libya) • Doina Gherman (Moldova) • Bhumika Shrestha (Nepal) • Carmen Gheorghe (Romania) • Roegchanda Pascoe (South Africa) • Phạm Đoan Trang (Vietnam) 2023 The 2023 awards were given to: • Zakira Hekmat (Afghanistan) • Alba Rueda (Argentina) • Danièle Darlan (Central African Republic) • Doris Ríos (Costa Rica) • Meaza Mohammed (Ethiopia) • Hadeel Abdel Aziz (Jordan) • Bakhytzhan Toregozhina (Kazakhstan) • Ras Adiba Radzi (Malaysia) • Bolor Ganbold (Mongolia) • Bianka Zalewska (Poland) • Yuliia Paievska (Ukraine) Additional Honorary GroupHadeel Abdel Aziz • Professor Danièle Darlan • Brigadier General Bolor Ganbold • Dr. Zakira HekmatMeaza MohammedYuliia Paievska • Senator Datuk Ras Adiba RadziDoris RíosAlba RuedaBakhytzhan ToregozhinaBianka Zalewska An additional Honorary Group Award was given to the "women and girl protestors of Iran" in response to the death of Mahsa Amini and the ongoing protests against the government. 2024 The 2024 awards were given to: • Benafsha Yaqoobi (Afghanistan) • Fawzia Karim Firoze (Bangladesh) • Volha Harbunova (Belarus) • Ajna Jusić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) • Myintzu Win (Burma) • Marta Beatriz Roque (Cuba) • Fátima Corozo (Ecuador) • Fatou Baldeh (The Gambia) • Fariba Balouch (Iran) • Rina Gonoi (Japan) • Rabha El Haymar (Morocco) • Agather Atuhaire (Uganda) 2025 The 2025 awards were given to: • Henriette Da (Burkina Faso) • Amit Soussana (Israel) • Major Velena Iga (Papua New Guinea) • Angelique Songco (Philippines) • Georgiana Pascu (Romania) • Zabib Musa Loro Bakhit (South Sudan) • Namini Wijedasa (Sri Lanka) • Amat Al-Salam Al-Hajj (Yemen) An additional Honorary Group Award was given to the "Women Student Protest Leaders of Bangladesh" in response to the July Revolution in Bangladesh against the former government. ==See also==
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