What is Mariya Ahmed Didi?
[[File:Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs with Mariya Ahmed Didi of the Maldives March 7 2007 in Washington.jpg|thumb|Mariya Ahmed Didi in 2007]]{{More sources|date=June 2020}} '''Mariya Ahmed Didi''' is a [[Maldives|Maldivian]] representative in the [[parliament]]. In 2007 she received the [[International Women of Courage Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2001-2009.state.gov/g/wi/iwoc/c21757.htm|title=Honorees|publisher=}}</ref> In March 2006, the police [[arrest]]ed a female [[activist]] at her house late at night, so Didi organized the first [[women's rights]] [[protest]] in Maldives. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/editorial_mariya_didi.shtml|title=Maldives Royal Family Official Website: Mariya Didi|first=Chris|last=Abdul-Wahhab|publisher=|access-date=2016-07-01|archive-date=2017-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727204947/http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/editorial_mariya_didi.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Didi, Mariya Ahmed}} [[Category:Women who received the International Women of Courage Award]] [[Category:Political activists]] [[Category:Maldivian politicians]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1962 births]] [[Category:African lawyers]] [[Category:Women's rights activists]] {{bio-stub}}