NASSAU, Bahamas -- For the last seven years in honor of International Women's Day, the United States Government has asked its embassies around the world to nominate one female leader for the International Women of Courage Award.  Each year, U.S. Embassy Nassau proudly recognizes a Bahamian female leader who has demonstrated perseverance in the struggle to address inequalities faced by women throughout The Bahamas.
On Friday, March 15, 2013, U.S. Chargé d'Affaires John Dinkelman along with senior U.S. and Bahamian government officials came together at the SuperClubs Breezes Resort on Cable Beach to recognize the U.S. Embassy's 2013 International Woman of Courage (IWOC) award recipient, Ms. Missouri Sherman-Peter, for her courageous leadership in advocating women's rights and empowerment throughout her 40 years of public service in national government and multinational organizations.  Two previous International Women of Courage award winners were also on hand for the celebration; 2012 award recipient The Honorable Janet Bostwick, a Bahamian national and "matriarch of women's rights" and the 2010 honoree, Dr. Sandra Dean Patterson, founder and director of The Crisis Center.   
In his remarks Chargé Dinkelman he noted that International Women's Day is a time when each of us must recommit to ending gender inequality around the world, so that every woman and girl can live up to her full potential because all societies benefit when women are healthy, safe, and can contribute their labor, leadership, and creativity to the global economy.  He also applauded Ms. Sherman Peter for personifying the possibilities that have been created by female Bahamian women trailblazers and urged young women throughout The Bahamas to take the reins.  

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