2010 Gruber Women's Rights Prize
2010 Women's rights Prize Recipients
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CLADEM (Comité de América Latina y El Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer) is a regional organization in Latin America and the Caribbean that promotes, monitors and defends women’s rights as human rights, and contributes to the construction of real democracies in which women can fully exercise their human rights and participate at all levels of society with freedom from violence. Founded in 1987 and now comprising about 200 individual and organizational associates in 14 countries, CLADEM advocates and monitors compliance with international agreements designed to safeguard women’s rights, proposes legislative reforms, undertakes research and training, and organizes group action where needed. Its work is driven by a commitment to peace and democracy as the keys to women reaching full equality with men and receiving full recognition of their citizenship.
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The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation proudly presents the 2010 Women’s Rights Prize to:
The Center for Reproductive Rights, a U.S.-based organization that uses the law to protect women's reproductive freedom, and The Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights (CLADEM), a network of activists and organizations from countries in the region committed to the defense of women's rights as human rights, for their historic collaboration in advancing women's sexual and reproductive rights and successfully holding governments accountable for complying with international treaties and standards on women's rights.
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