Nobel Peace Prize

Subject: IR

Section: International Awards

Context: Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian woman awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

More about the news:

Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi has been chosen by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for the coveted Nobel Peace Prize,2023 for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.
The Prize recognizes their contribution for many years, promoting the right to criticize arbitrary policies and protecting the fundamental rights of citizens.
Currently she is detained in Iran under charges of “spreading anti-state propaganda” and defamation. Sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes

What are the previous awards and recognition of Narges Mohammadi:

2023 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award
2023 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
Featured in BBC’s list of 100 inspiring and influential women in 2022.
Her book ‘White Torture: Interviews with Iranian Women Prisoners’ also won an award for reportage at the International Film Festival and Human Rights’ Forum.

Some other facts:

Narges Mohammadi has become the second Iranian woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize after Shirin Ebadi who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003.
Shirin was also the first Muslim woman to receive the award.
Narges Mohammadi is the 19th woman to have won the Nobel Peace Prize.

What is the Iranian Hijab Movement:

The Iranian law strictly recommends women to wear hijabs or headscarves with their regular outfits. Anyone not following this is recently being arrested, warned, or punished severely.
Mahsa Amini, a 22 years old youth, was arrested for breaching the dress code of Iranian women.
The arrest of Mahsa Amini by the Iranian morality police, followed by her death, led to the outbreak of a massive protest by the Iranian women demanding greater freedom.
This demand at present is no longer restricted to Iran but has taken the shape of a worldwide protest with banners displaying “Women, life, liberty.”

More details about Nobel Prize:

The Nobel Prize was set up when businessman and entrepreneur Alfred Nobel died and left the majority of his fortune to the establishment of prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace
The Nobel Prizes are awarded annually in six categories: Peace, Literature, Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economic Sciences.
The Economic Sciences category was added later in 1968 and is officially known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
The first Prizes were awarded in 1901 
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway, while the others are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden.
The Nobel Prize consists of a Nobel Medal and Diploma, and a document confirming the prize amount
The Nobel Prize cannot be given posthumously and it cannot be shared between more than three people.
One cannot nominate himself/herself for a Nobel Prize.