The following are my rough notes on a speech given by 2003 Nobel peace-prize winner Shirin Ebadi of Iran.. Shirin Ebadi walked to the podium to a standing ovation. She smiled warmly and slightly bowed ...

KALAMAZOO -- Military budgets gobble money that should go to education, much to the world's detriment, according to the only Middle Eastern woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Shirin Ebadi, of Iran, ...

Shirin Ebadi says that people can change the world when they take a stand against authority on issues like women's rights and democracy. Ebadi, a lawyer and human rights activist, told a sold-out hall ...

Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer fighting for the rights of women, accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Wednesday, calling her selection for the award an “inspiration” to women around the world.

Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer and social-justice activist who won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize, will give a free talk about human rights and freedom of speech at UC Davis on May 17. Ebadi's lecture, ...

Iranian democracy activist Shirin Ebadi, the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, said Wednesday her award would inspire other women in the Islamic world to seek their rights and denounced ...

Shirin Ebadi, who won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize for her work on human rights in Iran, will visit CU Boulder on Friday, April 7, for a special evening event, film screening and audience Q&A to be held ...

Shirin Ebadi is the first Iranian and Muslim to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. She received it in October 2003. Known as an activist for human rights, democracy, women and children, she spoke at ...

Human rights activist Shirin Ebadi won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her work fighting for democracy and the rights of women and children, the first woman and the first Iranian to receive ...

Iranian activist Shirin Ebadi accepted the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize on Wednesday, calling it an inspiration to women, Iranians, Muslims and all others striving for human rights worldwide. "The decision ...

Iranian human rights activist Shirin Ebadi became the first Muslim woman to receive a Nobel Peace Prize in an award ceremony held today in Oslo. The award comes in recognition of Ebadi's work ...

Human rights activist Shirin Ebadi won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her work fighting for democracy and the rights of women and children, the first woman and the first Iranian to receive ...