CHATTOGRAM, Apr 9: Tawakkol Karman, a Yemeni journalist, activist, and recipient of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, will be present at the sixth Commencement Ceremony of Asian University for Women (AUW) on May 12, says a statement.
She will give the keynote address on the occasion.
Karman is a prominent advocate of democracy, freedom of expression, and women's safety and participation in the peace building of her native Yemen.
She is the first Yemeni, the first Arab, and the second Muslim woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize.
A total of two hundred women are expected to graduate from AUW Commencement Ceremony.
AUW will also honour Dr Ismail Serageldin, Founding Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt, with a Doctorate of Arts, honoris causa.
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