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Shirin Ebadi
(
Persian
:
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?irin Eb?di
; born 21 June 1947) is an
Iranian
lawyer
, a former judge and
human rights activist
. She is the founder of
Defenders of Human Rights Center
in Iran. On 10 October 2003, Ebadi was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize
for her "significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially
women's
,
children's
, and
refugee rights
". She was the first ever Iranian to receive the prize.
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