BREAKING NEWS!!!!
March 2009 The Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership is to be awarded to Dr. Sakena Yacoobi
February 2009 Americans for UNFPA Advocates Award given to Sakena Yacoobi
December 2008 Shining World Compassion Award is given to Sakena Yacoobi. The award was presented to her for her "courageous, noble and gracious humanitarianism and peace-loving efforts to improve our world." The award is given "to show gratitude and to magnify a shining example of goodness for others to follow...."
June 2008 - Sakena Yacoobi awarded Honorary Doctorate by Loma Linda University.
December 2007 - Gleitsman International Activist Award recipient for 2007 is Dr. Sakena Yacoobi as announced by Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
October 2007- Sakena Yacoobi received a National Role Model Award from the Eighth National Role Model Conference administered by Minority Access, Inc. The conference sited Yacoobi as one who "selflessly motivates and inspires others".
May 2007 - Sakena Yacoobi awarded Honorary Doctorate by University of the Pacific
2006 - Sakena Yacoobi elected Ashoka Fellow
July 2005 - Sakena Yacoobi among 1000 women nominated for Nobel Prize