Tuesday, 11 November 2008

of 10-year-old nujood ali receives woman of the year award

Two Voices against Child Marriage and for Education
Nujood Ali, a 10-year girl old from Yemen who courageously escaped from and filed for divorce from a forced marriage, and her lawyer, Shada Nasser, addressed an audience at UNIFEM headquarters today. Both are to receive a Woman of the Year Award from Glamour magazine.

Glamour "Women of the Year" awardees Nujood Ali and Shada Nasser receive UNIFEM Executive Director Inés Alberdi's congratulations at UNIFEM Headquarters on 6 November 2008.

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