Special awards were given to seven young girls from around the world for their courage and achievement to promote the cause of girl's education and dignity of women
Among them were two Indians, 21-year-old Ashwini from Bangalore and 15-year-old Razia from Uttar Pradesh who were awarded with UN Special Envoy for Global Education's Youth Courage Award for Education
Malala's Pakistani friend Shazia, who was hurt when Taliban shot Malala last year, was also awarded along with girls from Bangladesh, Nepal, Morocco and Sierra Leone
Ashwini was awarded for fighting against odds to study, then using that education to campaign for other children with disabilities and to enable them to achieve the education they deserve.She was born with a visual impairment. Ashwini was brought up in a poor rural community in Karnataka and fought circumstances to complete her Bachelor's degree.
Razia was feted for her contribution to education of children. She is a former child labourer who stitched
footballs, struggled and succeeded to pull herself from exploitation to education.She passed her 11th grade against all odds and now works in her community to help withdraw children from work, and enrol them in schools
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