Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian Nobel laureate, lawyer, writer, teacher and a former judge and founder of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. In 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her pioneering efforts for democracy and women's, children's, and refugee rights. She was the first Iranian to receive the award. The Nobel Peace Prize 2003, announced October 10, 2003. Shirin Ebadi, “for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children”. Shirin Ebadi: born 1947, Hamadan, Iran. Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).