Tabassum Adnan PHOTO: FACEBOOK
The winners of the 2016 Innovation Awards were publicly announced at Ceremony held on 28 April, as part of International Civil Society Week (ICSW), which was hosted by CIVICUS, in collaboration with the Confederación Colombiana de ONG from 25 to 28 April, 2016, in Bogotá, Colombia.
Swat activist receives International Women of Courage Award
Winner of the 2016 Innovation Award Individual activist category Tabassum Adnan of Pakistan #ICSW 2016 pic.twitter.com/SxAJMiXgpW
— CIVICUS (@CIVICUSalliance) April 28, 2016
In 2015, Tabassum Adnan, founder of NGO Khwendo Jirga, or Sister’s Council, a women-only jirga was awarded the Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award in recognition of her services of women’s rights.
A victim of child marriage, Adnan was married when she was 13-years-old. After suffering 20 years of physical and mental abuse, Adnan divorced her husband, which made her lose her children, home, and money.
PHOTO: TABASSUM ADNAN/FACEBOOKSwat's Tabassum Adnan dedicates Secretary of State award to all women
Later she started the NGO, Khwendo Jirga, a first of its kind women-only jirga, where women meet weekly to discuss issues such as honour killings, acid attacks, and swara, or giving women as compensation for crimes.
PHOTO: Tabassum Adnan/FACEBOOKThe jirga brought awareness to women’s security, their right to vote and offers free legal help to victims of violence.
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