Keynote Address: 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi | February 24, 2006
Shirin Ebadi
2003 Nobel Peace Prize (the first Iranian and first Muslim woman);
Lawyer and Human Rights Activist, Iran; Former President of Bench 24,
the Tehran City Court (first woman in the history of Iranian justice
to have served as a judge - she was forced to step down in the wake of
the 1979 revolution); Cofounder and President, Association for Support
of Children’s Rights; Cofounder and President, Human Rights Defence
Centre; Author, The Rights of Women
Introduction and Presentation of Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award
Meena Bhasin, EPIIC Colloquium Member, and Negar Razavi, EPIIC 2003-04
Colloquium Member
Translator Banafsheh Keynoush