Past IWOC Award Winners

2025

Henriette Da

Henriette Da

Burkina Faso
Amit Soussana

Amit Soussana

Israel
Major Velena Iga

Major Velena Iga

Papua New Guinea
Angelique Songco

Angelique Songco

Philippines
Georgiana Pascu

Georgiana Pascu

Romania
Zabib Musa Loro Bakhit

Zabib Musa Loro Bakhit

South Sudan
Namini Wijedasa

Namini Wijedasa

Sri Lanka
Yemen Amat Al Salam Al Hajj

Amat Al-Salam Al-Hajj

Yemen

2024

Benafsha Yaqoobi

Benafsha Yaqoobi

Afghanistan
Fawzia Karim Firoze

Fawzia Karim Firoze

Bangladesh
Volha Harbunova

Volha Harbunova

Belarus
Ajna Jusić

Ajna Jusić

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Myintzu Win

Myintzu Win

Burma
Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello

Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello

Cuba
Fátima Corozo

Fátima Corozo

Ecuador
Fariba Balouch

Fariba Balouch

Iran
Rina Gonoi

Rina Gonoi

Japan
Rabha El Haymar

Rabha El Haymar

Morocco
Fatou Baldeh

Fatou Baldeh

The Gambia
Agather Atuhaire

Agather Atuhaire

Uganda

2023

Dr. Zakira Hekmat

Dr. Zakira Hekmat

Afghanistan (residing in Türkiye)
Alba Rueda

Ms. Alba Rueda

Argentina
Central African Republic

Professor Danièle Darlan

African Republic
Costa Rica

Ms. Doris Ríos

Costa Rica
Meaza Mohammed

Meaza Mohammed Ibrahim

Ethiopia
Bakhytzhan Toregozhina

Bakhytzhan Toregozhina

Kazakhstan
Senator Datuk Ras Adiba Radzi

Senator Datuk Ras Adiba Radzi

Malaysia
Brigadier General Bolor Ganbold

Brigadier General Bolor Ganbold

Mongolia
Mrs. Bianka Zalewska

Mrs. Bianka Zalewska

Poland
Mrs. Yuliia Paievska

Mrs. Yuliia Paievska

Ukraine

2022

Rizwana Hasan

Rizwana Hasan

Bangladesh
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Simone Sibilio do Nascimento

Brazil
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Ei Thinzar Maung

Burma
Josefina Klinger

Josefina Klinger Zúñiga

Colombia
Taif Sami Mohammed

Taif Sami Mohammed

Iraq
Facia Boyenoh Harris

Facia Boyenoh Harris

Liberia
Najla Mangoush

Najla Mangoush

Libya
Doina Gherman

Doina Gherman

Moldova
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Bhumika Shrestha

Nepal
Carmen Gheorghe

Carmen Gheorghe

Romania
Roegchanda Pascoe

Roegchanda Pascoe

South Africa
Pham Doan Trang

Phạm Đoan Trang

Vietnam

2021

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Maria Kalesnikava

Belarus
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Phyoe Phyoe Aung

Burma
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Maximilienne C. Ngo Mbe

Cameroon
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Wang Yu

China
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Mayerlis Angarita

Colombia
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Julienne Lusenge

Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Judge Erika Aifan

Guatemala
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Shohreh Bayat

Iran
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Muskan Khatun

Nepal
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Zahra Mohamed Ahmad

Somalia
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Sister Alicia Vacas Moro

Spain
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Ranitha Gnanarajah

Sri Lanka
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Canan Güllü

Turkey
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Ana Rosario Contreras

Venezuela

2020

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Zarifa Ghafari

Afghanistan
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Lucy Kocharyan

Armenia
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Shahla Humbatova

Azerbaijan
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Ximena Galarza

Bolivia
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Claire Ouedraogo

Burkina Faso
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Sayragul Sauytbay

China
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Susanna Liew

Malaysia
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Amaya Coppens

Nicaragua
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Jalila Haider

Pakistan
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Amina Khoulani

Syria
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Yasmin al Qadhi

Yemen
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Rita Nyampinga

Zimbabwe

2019

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Razia Sultana

Bangladesh
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Moumina Houssein Darar

Djibouti
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Maggie Gobran

Egypt
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Khalida Khalaf Hanna al-Twal

Jordan
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Olivera Lakić

Montenegro
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Naw K’nyaw Paw

Myanmar
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Flor de María Vega Zapata

Peru
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Orla Treacy

Republic of Ireland
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Marini De Livera

Sri Lanka
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Anna Aloys Henga

Tanzania

2018

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Roya Sadat

Afghanistan
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Aura Elena Farfan

Guatemala
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Dr. Julissa Villanueva

Honduras
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Aliyah Khalaf Saleh

Iraq
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Sister Maria Elena Berini

Italy
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Aiman Umarova

Kazakhstan
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Dr. Feride Rushiti

Kosovo
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L’Malouma Said

Mauritania
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Godeliève Mukasarasi

Rwanda
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Sirikan Charoensiri

Thailand

2017

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Sharmin Akter

Bangladesh
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Malebogo Molefhe

Botswana
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Natalia Ponce de León

Colombia
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Rebecca Kabugho

Democratic Republic of Congo
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Jannat Al Ghezi

Iraq
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Major Aichatou Ousmane Issaka

Niger
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Veronica Simogun

Papua New Guinea
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Cindy Arlette Contreras Bautista

Peru
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Sandya Eknelygoda

Sri Lanka
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Sister Carolin Tahhan Fachakh

Syria
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Saadet Özkan

Türkiye
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Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh

Vietnam
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Fadia Najeeb Thabet

Yemen

2016

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Sara Hossain

Bangladesh
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Debra Baptist-Estrada

Belize
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Ni Yulan

China
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Latifa Ibn Ziaten

France
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Thelma Aldana

Guatemala
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Dr. Nagham Nawzat Hasan

Iraq
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Nisha Ayub

Malaysia
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Fatimata M’baye

Mauritania
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Zhanna Nemtsova

Russia
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Zuzana Stevulova

Slovakia
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Awadeya Mahmoud

Sudan
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Vicky Ntetema

Tanzania
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Rodjaraeg Wattanapanit

Thailand
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Dr. Nihal Naj Ali Al-Awlaqi

Yemen

2015

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Captain Niloofar Rahmani

Afghanistan
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Nadia Sharmeen

Bangladesh
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Rosa Julieta Montano Salvatierra

Bolivia
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May Sabe Phyu

Burma
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Beatrice Epaye

Central African Republic
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Marie Claire Tchecola

Guinea
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Sayaka Osakabe

Japan
Arbana Xharra

Arbana Xharra

Kosovo
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Tabassum Adnan

Pakistan
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Majd Chourbaji

Syria

2014

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Dr. Nasrin Oryakhil

Afghanistan
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Bishop Rusudan Gotsiridze

Georgia
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Judge Iris Yassmin Barrios Aguilar

Guatemala
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Laxmi

India
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Ms. Fatimata Touré

Mali
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Dr. Maha Al Muneef

Saudi Arabia
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Ms. Oinikhol Bobonazarova

Tajikistan
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Ms. Ruslana Lyzhychko

Ukraine
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Ms. Beatrice Mtetwa

Zimbabwe

2013

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Malalai Bahaduri

Afghanistan
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Tsering Woeser

China
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Julieta Castellanos

Honduras
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Jyoti Singh Pandey – Nirbhaya

India
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Dr. Josephine Obiajulu Odumakin

Nigeria
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Elena Milashina

Russia
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Fartuun Adan

Somalia
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Razan Zeitunah

Syria
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Ta Phong Tan

Vietnam

2012

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Honorable Maryam Durani

Afghanistan
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Pricilla de Oliveira Azevedo

Brazil
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Zin Mar Aung

Burma
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Jineth Bedoya Lima

Colombia
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Hana El Hebshi

Libya
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Aneesa Ahmed

Maldives
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Shad Begum

Pakistan
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Samar Badawi

Saudi Arabia
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Hawa Abdallah Mohammed Salih

Sudan
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Safak Pavey

Türkiye

2011

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Maria Bashir

Afghanistan
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Nasta Palazhanka

Belarus
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Henriette Ekwe Ebongo

Cameroon
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Jianmei Guo

China
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Yoani Sanchez

Cuba
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Agnes Osztolykan

Hungary
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Eva Abu Halaweh

Jordan
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President Roza Otunbayeva

Kyrgyzstan
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Marisela Morales Ibañez

Mexico
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Ghulam Sughra

Pakistan

2010

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Shukria Asil

Afghanistan
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Colonel Shafiqa Quraishi

Afghanistan
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Androula Henriques

Cyprus
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Sonia Pierre

Dominican Republic
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Shadi Sadr

Iran
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Ann Njogu

Kenya
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Dr. Lee Ae-ran

Republic of Korea
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Jansila Majeed

Sri Lanka
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Sister Marie Claude Naddaf

Syria
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Jestina Mukoko

Zimbabwe

2009

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Wazhma Frogh

Afghanistan
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Norma Cruz

Guatemala
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Suaad Abbas Salman Allami

Iraq
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Ambiga Sreenevasan

Malaysia
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Hadizatou Mani

Niger
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Veronika Marchenko

Russia
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Mutabar Tadjibayeva

Uzbekistan
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Reem Al Numery

Yemen

2008

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Suraya Pakzad

Afghanistan
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Virisila Buadromo

Fiji
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Dr. Eaman Al-Gobory

Iraq
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Valdete Idrizi

Kosovo
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Dr. Begum Jan

Pakistan
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Nibal Thawabteh

Palestinian Authority
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Cynthia Bendlin

Paraguay
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Farhiyo Farah Ibrahim

Somalia

2007

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Mary Akrami

Afghanistan
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Aziza Siddiqui

Afghanistan
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Sara Susana del Valle Trimarco de Veron

Argentina
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Dr. Siti Musdah Mulia

Indonesia
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Dr. Sundus Abbas

Iraq
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Shatha Abdul Razzak Abbousi

Iraq
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Ilze Jaunalksne

Latvia
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Mariya Ahmed Didi

Maldives
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Dr. Samia al-Amoudi

Saudi Arabia
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Jennifer Louise Williams

Zimbabwe

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