Source: TOI:
MANILA: Afghanistan’s first woman governor and a Myanmar civil society organiser, who both helped families displaced by conflict in their home nations, are among five winners of Asia’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize this year.
The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation on Wednesday singled out Afghanistan’s Habiba Sarabi, a 57-year-old doctor, for her “bold exercise of leadership to build up a functioning provincial government against great odds.”
Categories: Afghanistan, Asia