2024

Fawzia Karim Firoze

“Courage is the spirit to fight through discrimination and injustices to secure peace and equality!” Fawzia Karim Firoze is a Bangladeshi Supreme Court advocate who has fought for the rights of marginalized groups for more than three decades. Ms. Firoze is currently the head of her own law chamber and […]

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Benafsha Yaqoobi

Benafsha Yaqoobi, who is visually impaired, worked for years as an attorney defending the rights of women who faced violence; founded the Rahyab Organization in 2008 with her husband to provide education and rehabilitation to visually impaired people in Afghanistan; hosted a daily live television show to raise awareness about

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About IWOC 2024 IWOC Awardees Become a Sponsor Become a Patron & Buy Tickets 2024 Honorary Committee 2024 IWOC Celebration Tickets for the 2024 IWOC Celebration are sold out Click here to join the waitlist Please join us! 17th Annual International Women of Courage Celebration presented by American Women for

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