Nobel Peace Price Laureate, Shirin Ebadi on Building Bridges, not Walls

Shirin Ebadi is the first female Peace Prize Laureate from the Islamic World (2003). Iran’s first female judge, an avid defender of women’s rights in Iran, and an internationally recognized advocate of human rights, she was named one of the 100 most powerful women in the world by Forbes Magazine (2004). Here she discusses her work and the future of human rights activism.