Deadline: 2 November 2015
Nominations are now open for the 2016 Ginetta Sagan Award for Women’s and Children’s Rights.
The Ginetta Sagan Fund of Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is inviting applicants for the 2016 Ginetta Sagan Award. The purpose Sagan Fund is to support courageous women human rights defenders who are working in dangerous contexts to further the rights of women and children.
The Ginetta Sagan Fund of Amnesty International USA was created to recognize and assist women who are working to protect the liberty and lives of women and children in areas where human rights violations are widespread. The Ginetta Sagan Award recognizes individual accomplishment, but also serves as a beacon of hope to women everywhere who are fighting for human rights.
Award Information
- The $20,000 award can be used by the awardee at her complete discretion.
- The money is awarded to the individual, not the organization.
Benefits
The Award:
- Recognizes outstanding achievement, often at great personal risk.
- Enhances the recipient’s ability to live and work freely, and protects the recipient’s capacity to continue her work, by bringing a new level of international attention to her accomplishments and the obstacles she faces.
- Brings increased international scrutiny to the crisis, region or issue for which the recipient works.
Awardee Qualities
- Founder and/or Executive Director of an organization.
- Under threat for her activism.
- Proven effective at addressing human rights issues.
- Has brought about significant change in her country, region, or issue through her work.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must submit the nomination forms at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit Ginetta Sagan Award.
