sourceIran may be toying with the idea of acquiring a nuclear weapon, but Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi argues that the money needed for making an atom bomb can be better used for a more pressing need - ending prostitution and sexual trafficking of women.
"The cost of making an atom bomb should be set against the cost of rescuing and rehabilitating girls and women trapped in prostitution," said Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner, the only Iranian to win the coveted honour, here Saturday.
"Governments complain about not having money or resources to end sexual trafficking of women. But that's only an excuse," Ebadi told rights activists and journalists at the India International Centre here.
The 59-year-old lawyer and human rights activist - an icon for many in Iran - was invited to India by Apne Aap Women Worldwide, an NGO engaged in fighting sexual exploitation of women.
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