Dr. Shirin Ebadi, Rigoberta Menchu Tum and Jody Williams accepted the Glamour Magazine Women of the Year 2008 award on behalf of the Nobel Women’s Initiative at a star-studded gala ceremony held at Carnegie Hall in New York.

Glamour Magazine's Women of the Year 2008 Highlights

Authorities arrested campaign member Esha Momeni on October 15, and she is still being held in detention. Momeni is a dual American-Iranian citizen who traveled to Iran to visit family and complete her Master’s research on the Iranian women’s movement. Also last month, Iranian officials prevented campaign member Sussan Tahmasebi from traveling and confiscated campaign materials from the home of Parastoo Alahyaari.