Hosts: Mavis and Jay Leno
With: Eleanor Smeal
2009 Award Recipients:
Christiane Amanpour
CNN’s chief international correspondent who, at the risk of her own life, was among the first television correspondents to bring to the world’s attention the plight of women under the brutal Taliban regime as it rose to power in Afghanistan
Leymah Gbowee, Abigail Disney & Gini Reticker
Leymah Gbowee led an unprecedented mobilization of women from across Liberia in a series of massive demonstrations to end the bloody 14 year long civil war. Producer Abigail Disney, lifelong women’s rights activist and philanthropist and Director Gini Reticker, focused the world’s attention on the transformative impact of this Liberian women’s peace movement by championing their story to worldwide audiences in her award-winning film, Pray the Devil Back to Hell.
Dr. Neal Baer & Mariska Hargitay
For over eight seasons of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU), Dr. Neal Baer (Executive Producer) and Mariska Hargitay (as Detective Olivia Benson) have brought television audiences a better understanding of violence against women, including international human trafficking and child soldiers in war.
Billie Heller
For her nearly three decades of work to win U.S. Senate ratification of the International Women's Rights Treaty (CEDAW) Billie Heller will receive a special award.
One Million Signatures Campaign
In special recognition of their groundbreaking work to demand an end to discriminatory laws in Iran against women, we honor the One Million Signatures Campaign. Iranian Campaign Activists, including Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi, are being repeatedly arrested and harassed for speaking out for women’s human rights.
About Award: The Global Women's Rights Awards are given annually to a select few individuals who have contributed significantly – often against great odds and at great personal risk – to advance the rights of women and girls and to increase awareness of the injustices women face on account of their gender.
For nearly thirteen years, the Feminist Majority Foundation has been a part of this most remarkable organization and its work for women’s rights in the United States and around the world, especially our efforts to help the women and girls of Afghanistan reclaim their full rights for which the Feminist Majority Foundation was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
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