Dr. Yunus Receives Prestigious Award in US, 400 Guests Stand to Honor Him

From the report

Nobel Peace Laureate and former Chief Advisor to the caretaker government, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, has received the prestigious ‘Hillary Rodham Clinton Award’. Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented the award to him at a ceremony held at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. on Thursday (October 15), local time in the United States.

According to a press release issued on Friday, approximately 400 guests, including ambassadors from about 25 countries, entrepreneurs, teachers, and researchers, attended the event held at Gaston Hall of the university. After Dr. Yunus’s name was announced, the attendees stood up and applauded for a long time to honor him.

This year, a total of four individuals, including Dr. Yunus, were honored with this award. The other recipients are Rima Nanavaty, Director of India’s Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA); Tory Burch, fashion designer and founder of the Tory Burch Foundation; and Muna Sukhtian, Board Chair of Jordan’s Microfund for Women. Muna Sukhtian received the special ‘Georgetown Ambassadors Award’.