What is Oinikhol Bobonazarova?
[[File:First Lady Michelle Obama Embraces 2014 IWOC Awardee Oinikhol Bobonazarova of Tajikistan (12935687743).jpg|thumb|350x350px|{{center|International Women of Courage Award, 2014. United States First Lady Michelle Obama with Oinikhol Bobonazarova of Tajikistan}}]] '''Oinikhol Bobonazarova''' is a [[Tajikistan|Tajikistani]] [[human rights]] activist. In 2014, she received the [[International Women of Courage Award]] from the U.S. Department of State.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iwoccelebration.org/2014-international-women-of-courage-award-winners/|title=2014 International Women of Courage Award Winners - International Women of Courage Celebration|publisher=|access-date=2017-02-14|archive-date=2017-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326115947/http://www.iwoccelebration.org/2014-international-women-of-courage-award-winners/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/s/gwi/iwoc/2014/bio/index.htm|title=Bios of 2014 Award Winners|publisher=}}</ref> == Work == In 1993, the Tajik [[government]] [[arrest]]ed Bobonazarova. They said Bobonazarova planned to take over the government by [[violence]].<ref name=RIA>{{cite web|url=http://en.ria.ru/world/20130910/183341896/Tajik-Opposition-Taps-Candidate-to-Run-Against-Strongman-President.html|title=Tajik Opposition Taps Candidate to Run Against Strongman President|work=RIA Novosti|accessdate=18 October 2014|archive-date=1 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801030349/http://en.ria.ru/world/20130910/183341896/Tajik-Opposition-Taps-Candidate-to-Run-Against-Strongman-President.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bobonazarova was in jail for a few months. Then she became a human rights [[counselor]] in the Tajik office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.<ref name=RIA/> She also worked for the Tajik branch of the Open Society Foundation. In 2013, she became the head of the “Perspektiva Plus” human rights group. They work for the rights of [[prisoner]]s, women, and Tajikistani labor [[migrant]]s