PETALING JAYA: M. Indira Gandhi, who challenged the unilateral conversion of her three children to Islam by her ex-husband, has been nominated for a prestigious US award. She was the US Embassy in Malaysia’s nominee for the US State Department’s International Women of Courage (IWOC) award this year. It is also on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2018 and Women’s History Month, which is celebrated in the month of March in the US. The finalists are selected and approved by senior State Department officials,” the site explained. They include Sirikan Charoensiri of Thailand, who co-founded Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), which provides free legal services in human rights cases and to document human rights issues under the military government.

Source: The Star March 27, 2018 09:48 UTC