Washington: Awarded to women from Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China and some other countries for demonstrating unprecedented courage and leadership in the direction of justice, gender equality and women’s empowerment. Will be done. This information was given by the Foreign Ministry of America. The annual International Courageous Women (IWOC) award marks the contribution of women worldwide. The US State Department said on Thursday that the awards will be given at a digitally organized event next week.
America’s First Lady Jill Biden will deliver a special message to women on the occasion, and Foreign Minister Antoine Blinken will present the award. The ministry said that this award is given to women who have shown outstanding courage and leadership in supporting peace, justice, human rights, gender equality and women empowerment.
The awardees include Myanmar leader Foi Foi Ung, human rights activist Wang Yue, Muskan Khatoon from Nepal, Ranita Gananaraja, a lawyer from Sri Lanka. Awards will also be given to women from other countries on 8 March. Blinken will also give an IWOC honorary award to a group of seven Afghan women. These Afghan women were murdered in 2020.
