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On Monday, October 15, 2007, Human Rights First brought together Iranian human rights advocates, international activists, celebrities, and philanthropists for its 2007 Human Rights Award Dinner, recognizing extraordinary work in the past year to end human rights violations around the world.

Dinner host Meredith Vieira of NBC's "Today" show and HRF board member Sigourney Weaver were among the 1,000 people at the annual gathering, held at New York's Chelsea Piers.

Iranian women's leader Fariba Davoodi Mohajer, one of the founders of the One Million Signatures Campaign for women's rights, received the 2007 Human Rights Award for dedicating her life to challenging laws that discriminate against Iranian women, including the lack of legal recourse for victims of violence.

ABOUT FARIBA DAVOODI MOHAJER
Fariba Davoodi Mohajer is a prominent journalist and a life-long feminist and human rights activist.

Ms. Davoodi Mohajer has been quite active in the women's movement. She was s