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Anne Klein Women's Award 
Summary
The Anne Klein Women's Prize is given by the Heinrich Böll Foundation to women from anywhere in the world who are committed to gender democracy. The award was named after Anne Klein the German lawyer and State Senator. The prize includes €10,000 and is decided on by a five-member jury. Candidates for the award come from: "Realizing gender democracy, eliminating discrimination based on gender and gender identity, political commitment to realizing women's, human and freedom rights, promoting women and girls in science and research . "[1][2][3][4][5][6]
| Anne Klein Women's prize | |
|---|---|
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| Awarded for | women of any nationality who are committed to gender democracy |
| Sponsored by | Heinrich Böll Foundation |
| Location | Germany |
| First awarded | 2012 |
| Website | https://www.boell.de/de/stiftung/anne-klein-frauenpreis  |
Winners edit
| Year | Winner | Awarded for |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Nivedita Prasad | lecturer and activist for women's and human rights |
| 2013 | Lepa Mladjenovic | feminist activist |
| 2014 | Imelda Marrufo Nava | feminist activist |
| 2015 | Nebahat Akkoç | activist against state and domestic violence and for human and women's rights |
| 2016 | Gisela Burckhardt | women's rights activist and founder of the FEMNET association for the rights of women workers in the global textile industry |
| 2017 | Nomarussia Bonase | activist against apartheid in South Africa, women's rights activist |
| 2018 | Jineth Bedoya Lima Mayerlis Angarita Robles |
Colombian journalists who independently campaigned for women |
| 2019 | Kristina Hänel | German general medicine and emergency physician |
| 2020 | Prasanna Gettu | criminologist, human rights activist and women's rights activist from Chennai, India |
| 2021 | Cânân Arın | Turkish women's rights defender |
References edit
- ^ "The Anne Klein Women's Award | Heinrich Böll Stiftung". Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung.
- ^ "Indische Aktivistin Prasanna Gettu - Mutige Kämpferin für misshandelte Frauen". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German).
- ^ "Besima Borić's Candidacy for the Prestigious Anne Klein Women's Award". Sarajevski Otvoreni Centar. 30 September 2013.
- ^ "RACI – Anne Klein Women's Award 2021" (in European Spanish).
- ^ "ANNE KLEIN WOMEN'S AWARD CEREMONY: Canan Arın: World is changing, women will have the victory". Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi.
- ^ "EURACTIV Press Release Site". EURACTIV PR.