India Woman Achiever || US honours Delhi braveheart with 'women of courage award'

The Delhi braveheart, who became the focus of women around India and their fight against gender-based violence, was honoured on Friday with a posthumous US "woman of courage" award. The award to the braveheart, who was gangraped in Delhi in December 2012, was presented posthumously by the First Lady Michelle Obama and the Secretary of State John Kerry.

Kerry then personally read out the message that the braveheart's parents had sent for the occasion. "Today, our message to the world is: do not tolerate any attack on your dignity and honour; do not silently bear ill treatment. Earlier, women would keep silent and hide away when they were subjected to sexual misconduct," the parents said in their message.