The Nobel Peace Prize 2003
Awarded on: 2003-10-10
"for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children"
Shirin Ebadi
Born: 1947-06-21 in Hamadan, Iran
Gender: female
Field: Persian-Londoner lawyer, activist (born 1947)
Biography
Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian Nobel laureate, lawyer, writer, teacher and a former judge and founder of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. In 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her pioneering efforts for democracy and women's, children's, and refugee rights. She was the first Muslim woman and the first Iranian to receive the award.