US First Lady Michelle Obama embraces 2014 International Women of Courage Awardee Beatrice Mtetwa at the 2014 Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award Ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington.
Mtetwa is a prominent Zimbabwean human rights lawyer who has been jailed countless times for doing her work in a repressive political system. On Tuesday she among ten women from around the world awarded with the prestigious annual prize by the American government.
Since the inception of the award in 2007, the US Department of State has honored 76 women from 49 different countries. Two Zimbabwean women, rights activists Jestina Mukoko and WOZA leader Jenni Williams, have previously been recipients of the award.
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