Showing posts with label Three Indian brothers get US award for combating violence against women. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 3 April 2013

Three Indian brothers get US award for combating violence against women



WASHINGTON: Three brothers from India have received the prestigious Vital Voices Global Leadership Award from US vice president Joe Biden for their humanitarian working to end violence against women.

The three, Ravi, Rishi and Nishi Kant, who started the nongovernmental organization Shakti Vahini to fight injustice against women in 2001, received a "Solidarity Award" for their work at the annual Kennedy Centre event on Tuesday.