Nobel Peace Prize 2023

 

Introduction: 

• Narges Mohammadi will receive the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize as a result of her efforts to fight for universal human rights and freedom as well as the oppression of women in Iran, according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee. 
• Her valiant fight has cost her dearly personally. She has been detained thirteen times, found guilty five times, and given 154 lashes in addition to 31 years in prison by the dictatorship. As I write this, Ms. Mohammadi is still incarcerated.

The Walk to Nobel

• Mahsa Jina Amini, a young Kurdish woman, died in the Iranian morality police's detention in September 2022. The strongest political protests against Iran's theocratic government have taken place since her murder in 1979 as a result of her death. 
• Thousands of Iranians participated in nonviolent demonstrations under the banner "Woman - Life - Freedom" against the brutality and oppression of women by the government. More than 500 protesters were killed as a result of the regime's harsh crackdown on the demonstrations. Numerous people who were blinded by police-fired rubber bullets among the thousands of injuries. At least 20,000 persons were detained by the dictatorship after being apprehended.

"Woman – Life – Freedom” Moment 

• The rallying cry of the protesters, "Woman - Life - Freedom," accurately captures Narges Mohammadi's commitment and labor of love.
• Woman. She defends females from institutionalized injustice and discrimination.
• Life. She is in favor of women's rights to full and respectable lives. Persecution, incarceration, torture, and even death have been used against this movement throughout Iran.
• Freedom. She campaigns against laws compelling women to conceal their bodies and to keep their faces hidden in favor of freedom of speech and the right to self-determination. Demonstrators' demands for freedom pertain to the entire community, not just women. 

The Campaign

            "A woman, a human rights support, and an independence warrior" 

• Faced with a government that has utilized torture to quell criticism, Narges Mohammadi led the charge for human rights in Iran.
• In September 2022, when widespread protests were provoked by Mahsa Amini's death while under the morality police's custody, her call to arms became stronger.
• The largest danger against the Iranian regime since it came to power in 1979 was organized by hundreds of thousands of protesters with the rallying cry "woman, life, freedom." 

The History of Women in the Nobel Prize 

• In more than 120 years of the award, Narges Mohammadi is just the 19th woman to receive it.
• In 2018, the award was shared by Nadia Murad, a Yazidi human rights advocate and former victim of sexual slavery committed by ISIS in Iraq.
• Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani education activist, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia from 2005 to 2007, who became Africa's first democratically elected woman president, are two other female recipients.
• Shirin Ebadi, a human rights attorney from Iran, was the recipient of the award in 2003.