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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/697/women_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Three Women Get US Human Rights Award' data-article-id='1083'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='6938'>Three women with Muslim backgrounds have won an important international human-rights prize.</span> <span data-start-time='6938' data-end-time='18625'>Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Irshad Manji and Rebiya Kadeer have been targets of violence because of their support for human rights.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='18625' data-end-time='27208'>The Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice presented the awards in Washington, D.C. on Thursday. </span> <span data-start-time='27208' data-end-time='40813'>It called the women “fearless leaders, reformers and rebels who have been willing to defy social and cultural norms to speak out against human rights abuses.”</span> <span data-start-time='40813' data-end-time='49458'>It said the women “have faced down personal danger to stand up for the vulnerable and persecuted.”</span> <span data-start-time='49458' data-end-time='57271'>Ayaan Hirsi Ali was forced to undergo female genital mutilation in Somalia. </span> <span data-start-time='57271' data-end-time='68208'>More than 125 million females have had their genitals removed and sutured, says the World Health Organization. </span> <span data-start-time='68208' data-end-time='72000'>Most of them are younger than 15.</span> <span data-start-time='72000' data-end-time='76792'>Ali’s father forced her to marry a family member. </span> <span data-start-time='76792' data-end-time='81354'>She fled to The Netherlands where she worked as a cleaner. </span> <span data-start-time='81354' data-end-time='87708'>She became a translator and later was elected to the Dutch Parliament. </span> <span data-start-time='87708' data-end-time='91146'>She has spent years fighting for women’s rights.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/697/hr_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div 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move something illegally and secretly</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=4826 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/697/what_type_of_background_do_the_three_women_share.m4a'>What type of background do the three women share?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Muslim'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/697/education.m4a'><span>education</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/697/nationality.m4a'><span>nationality</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/697/government.m4a'><span>government</span></div><div class='choice' 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Three women with Muslim backgrounds have won an important international human-rights prize.Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Irshad Manji and Rebiya Kadeer have been targets of violence because of their support for human rights.
The Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice presented the awards in Washington, D.C. on Thursday. It called the women “fearless leaders, reformers and rebels who have been willing to defy social and cultural norms to speak out against human rights abuses.”It said the women “have faced down personal danger to stand up for the vulnerable and persecuted.”Ayaan Hirsi Ali was forced to undergo female genital mutilation in Somalia. More than 125 million females have had their genitals removed and sutured, says the World Health Organization. Most of them are younger than 15.Ali’s father forced her to marry a family member. She fled to The Netherlands where she worked as a cleaner. She became a translator and later was elected to the Dutch Parliament. She has spent years fighting for women’s rights.
What does norm mean?
a copy of something
standards of proper or acceptable behavior
to argue
to move something illegally and secretly
What type of background do the three women share?
education
nationality
government
Muslim
The women have been targets of violence because of their support for human rights.
