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Aasmani Chaudhary receives Thoraya Ahmed Obaid Award for The Health and Dignity of Women presented by Americans for UNFPA
New York, 7 October 2008
On October 7, Aasmani Chaudhary from Dang, along with two other winners, Marķa del Carmen Elu Cayado from Mexico, and Mathilde Rabary from Madagascar received the 2008 Thoraya Ahmed Obaid Award for The Health and Dignity of Women during the
Americans for UNFPA's Gala Event. The winners were presented with stipends of US $5,000 for their programs.
The Americans for UNFPA International Award for the Health and Dignity of Women recognizes three people who have made exemplary contributions to women's health (i.e. safe motherhood, family planning, HIV prevention) and/or the promotion of women's rights (i.e. prevention of gender-based violence, promotion of education for women/girls).
Read more:
http://www.americansforunfpa.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=183&srcid=-2
View video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2e-7_2Xol0
For more information contact:
Anna Adhikari, Communications Consultant, UNFPA,
adhikari@unfpa.org
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