Presenting some of the bravest women in the world
Presenting the recipients of the International Women of Courage Awards with Secretary Hillary Clinton and First Lady Michelle Obama yesterday: Recipients of International Women of Courage Awards, March 11, 2009 From left to right are Mutabar Tadjibayeva of Uzbekistan, First Lady Michelle Obama, Veronika Marchenko of Russia, Wazhma Frogh of Afghanistan, Norma Cruz of Guatemala, Secretary ...
Presenting the recipients of the International Women of Courage Awards with Secretary Hillary Clinton and First Lady Michelle Obama yesterday:
Presenting the recipients of the International Women of Courage Awards with Secretary Hillary Clinton and First Lady Michelle Obama yesterday:
From left to right are Mutabar Tadjibayeva of Uzbekistan, First Lady Michelle Obama, Veronika Marchenko of Russia, Wazhma Frogh of Afghanistan, Norma Cruz of Guatemala, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Suaad Abbas Salman Allami of Iraq, Ambiga Sreenevasan of Malaysia, and Hadizatou Mani of Niger. (Award recipient Reem al Numery of Yemen was unable to attend.)
You can read the recipients’ stories of courage by clicking on their names above.
Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images
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