Muskan Khatun to get International Women of Courage Award

Posted by Ashish Sunar on March 05, 2021 in News

 Acid attack survivor and rights dissident Muskan Khatun has been chosen for the International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award 2021 for the endeavors she has been making to end corrosive attacks. Issuing an assertion on Friday, the United States Embassy in Nepal said that the honor was being given to Khatun for transforming her misfortune into a chance to making change in Nepal. 

It has been educated that the honor would be introduced by the First Lady of the United States, Jill Biden and Secretary of the State Tony Blinken in the midst of a virtual occasion being hung on March 8.The IWOC grant, which is in its fifteenth year, is introduced to ladies around the world who show remarkable mental fortitude and administration in supporting for harmony, equity, common liberties, sex correspondence, and ladies' strengthening, regularly at incredible individual danger and penance. Malala Yousafzai, the most youthful Nobel laureate, has likewise been granted IWOC for her backing work for ladies and young ladies in Pakistan.In 2019, corrosive was flung at Khatun, at that point 15-year-old, for dismissing a kid's advances. "Notwithstanding experiencing extreme consumes on face, chest and hands, she transformed a misfortune into a chance to make change in Nepal," said the US Embassy. Facing dangers and prevailing difficulty, Khatun campaigned for more grounded laws and disciplines for corrosive assaults, which finished in the issuance of a law rebuffing culprits and controlling the offer of synthetics, she said.

The US Embassy said that it was pleased to help Khatun and advance the headway of ladies' and young ladies' privilege in Nepal. Complimenting Khatun, the US Ambassador to Nepal Randy Berry tweeted, "I'm totally excited to declare that Nepal's Muskan Khatun will get State Department's International Women of Courage Award for her work to end corrosive assaults." He added that Khatun was the primary Nepali and the most youthful awardees ever. Essentially, Ujjwal Bikram Thapa, who has been running a mission against corrosive assault, said, "I generously salute Muskan for her accomplishment. We will proceed with our endeavors to stop this unfeeling crime."Thapa, who has been remaining as a guardian angel to corrosive assault survivors including Khatun by continually causing them, additionally expressed gratitude toward individuals from the whole way across the country who encouraged him and Khatun in their mission against corrosive assault. On September 1, Khatun had met Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli at Baluwatar where she had mentioned the public authority to carry rigid laws to control corrosive assaults.

 On September 28, the government provided a law which guaranteed heavier discipline for culprits of corrosive assaults and limited the creation and utilization of destructive substances. Through the statute, the greatest prison term for an assault was raised from eight years to 20 years, alongside a remuneration of up to 1,000,000 rupees. Different changes incorporate the choice for cases to be optimized through the courts. The subtleties of anybody purchasing corrosive should be recorded by dealers and the purchasers should be matured over 18