Persian-Londoner lawyer, human rights activist (born 1947)
Shirin Ebadi
شيرين عبادى
Ebadi in 2017
Born
(1947-06-21) 21 June 1947 (age 76)[1]
Hamadan, Iran
Nationality
Iranian[2]
Alma mater
University of Tehran[3]
Occupations
Lawyer
judge
Known for
Defenders of Human Rights Center
Awards
Rafto Prize (2001) Nobel Peace Prize (2003) JPM Interfaith Award (2004) Legion of Honour (2006)
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Shirin Ebadi (Persian: شيرين عبادى, romanized: Širin Ebādi; born 21 June 1947) 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.[4]
She has lived in exile in London since 2009.[5]
^Daniel P. O'Neil (2007). Fatima's sword: Everyday female resistance in post-revolutionary Iran. pp. 55–61. ISBN 978-0-549-40947-2. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
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^"Shirin Ebadi | Biography, Nobel Prize, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
^Jérôme Citron. Shirin Ebadi : "Je porte la voix de mon peuple". CFDT Magazine 2016, No. 427, p. 32–33.
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