International Women Of Courage Award

The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it erred in notifying a Finnish journalist she was a finalist for an award recognising courageous women, but it characterized as "speculation" a report that the prize was rescinded over her criticism of President Donald Trump.

In 2009, the United States gave Wazhma Frogh the International Woman of Courage award for her women's rights activism in Afghanistan. Prominently displayed in Frogh's office is a picture of then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton granting her the award as First Lady Michelle Obama smiles, clapping by her side.

Laxmi, a victim of acid attack and a standard-bearer for the movement to end acid attacks, has been selected by the US for the prestigious International Women of Courage Award.

The 23-year-old medical student whose brutal gang-rape on a moving bus in Delhi in December last year inspired widespread protests across India has been posthumously presented with the International Women of Courage Award by the US.

The Obama administration is postponing an award for an Egyptian activist who rallied worldwide attention against forced "virginity tests" on female protesters because of anti-American and anti-Semitic comments discovered on her Twitter account.

United States has selected the 23-year-old Delhi student, who was fatally gang raped in a moving bus, for the International Women of Courage Award.

The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it erred in notifying a Finnish journalist she was a finalist for an award recognising courageous women, but it characterized as "speculation" a report that the prize was rescinded over her criticism of President Donald Trump.

In 2009, the United States gave Wazhma Frogh the International Woman of Courage award for her women's rights activism in Afghanistan. Prominently displayed in Frogh's office is a picture of then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton granting her the award as First Lady Michelle Obama smiles, clapping by her side.

Laxmi, a victim of acid attack and a standard-bearer for the movement to end acid attacks, has been selected by the US for the prestigious International Women of Courage Award.

The 23-year-old medical student whose brutal gang-rape on a moving bus in Delhi in December last year inspired widespread protests across India has been posthumously presented with the International Women of Courage Award by the US.

The Obama administration is postponing an award for an Egyptian activist who rallied worldwide attention against forced "virginity tests" on female protesters because of anti-American and anti-Semitic comments discovered on her Twitter account.

United States has selected the 23-year-old Delhi student, who was fatally gang raped in a moving bus, for the International Women of Courage Award.