A Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University has won a global award in memory of Princess Diana.

Serene Singh, 24, has been recognized with the highest accolade a young person can achieve for social action or humanitarian efforts – The Diana Award.

It is given out by the charity of the same name and has the support of the princess’s sons, The Duke of Cambridge and The Duke of Sussex.

American Ms Singh, who is a Sikh, is a Rhodes Scholar and Truman Scholar who is a PhD student, focusing on the treatment of women in the United States criminal justice system.

She is deeply passionate about bringing awareness to women’s issues as well as advocating for women’s rights.

She started ‘The Serenity Project’ in 2016 after losing her friend, a survivor of gender-based violence, to suicide.

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She has worked in the US Senate and volunteers thousands of hours a year mentoring survivors as well as holding an annual charitable fashion show on the ‘International Day of Self-Love’.

She is a former intern for Michelle Obama’s Global Girls Alliance and is working on a project in Jharkhand, India, to help adolescent girls gain self-defence skills and resources to stay in school.

She said: “This award is more than just an honour. For me, it is an opportunity to connect with passionate and resilient leaders worldwide while also being a reminder of the impact continuing to burn flames of justice and equity has and will always have on others.”