She co-founded the Shan Women's Action Network, which is based in Thailand and documents rapes and other abuses by Burma's military government against women and girls.

"For us - for the women of Burma - this award means a lot to us. Because every statement, every single action, every award like this, makes sure it's also a message of solidarity 团结that the world has not given up on our hope for a future democratic and free Burma."

她参与创建了Shan女性行动网络组织，该组织设立在泰国，提供缅甸军事政府强奸及虐待妇女和女孩子的证明。她说道：“对我们这些缅甸女性而言，这个奖项意义重大，因为每次声明，每个行动，每个类似的奖励都是团结的信号，它说明世界没有放弃实现我们的愿望—— 一个民主自由的缅甸”

Other award recipients included Kakenya Ntaiya, a young Kenyan woman, who negotiated with her father and agreed to undergo female circumcision, [宗]割礼if he allowed her to go to school. She later won a scholarship to attend university in the United States and is now finishing her doctorate in education at the University of Pittsburgh. She plans to start a boarding school for girls in her Maasai village in Kenya.

其他的获奖者包括K，一位年轻的肯尼亚女性。她与父亲协商，只要父亲同意她去上学，她就愿意施行割礼。后来她获得了奖学金并进入美国的一所大学，如今她正在匹兹堡大学攻读教育博士。她计划开一所寄宿学校招收肯尼亚M镇的女孩子。

Vital Voices is a non-governmental organization that trains emerging women leaders and social entrepreneurs. Since 1997, the group has mentored more than 5,000 women leaders from 150, countries who later returned home to train more than 100,000 additional women in their communities.

“重要的呼声”是一个民间组织，培训有潜质的女性领导者和社会企业家。从1997年以来，该组织已经培训了来自150个国家的5000余名女性领导者，而她们回国后又在自己的社区中对10万多名女性进行了培训。

Document：为…提供证明，提供文件，证明：以证据或决定性的信息等支持

Recipient: 接受者; 感受者 & adj.容易接受的, 感受性强的

Eg: The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者名单登在报上。

Undergo  1）vt. To endure; suffer: 遭受，忍受

eg：undergo great hardship.遭巨大的苦难

         2）vt. To pass through; experience:经过；经历：

Eg:  a house that is undergoing renovations 经过翻修的房子

Doctorate 博士头衔

Emerging 新兴的  eg: emerging nation

Mentor  n.贤明的顾问，导师

vt. To serve as a trusted counselor 顾问or teacher to (another person). 作为..的导师