Women’s Rights Laureates

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2011 Women's Rights Prize to AVEGA Agahozo, an association of genocide widows in Rwanda which has, through strategies of advocacy, legal aid, health care, housing, trauma counseling and income generation, restored the dignity of thousands of women survivors.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2010 Women’s Rights Prize to The Center for Reproductive Rights and The Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women's 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.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2010 Women’s Rights Prize to The Center for Reproductive Rights and The Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women's 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.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2009 Women’s Rights Prize to Leymah Roberta Gbowee and the Women’s Legal Centre for two different but complementary kinds of activism: peace-building and challenging women’s legal and cultural obstacles via courts.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2009 Women’s Rights Prize to Leymah Roberta Gbowee and the Women’s Legal Centre for two different but complementary kinds of activism: peace-building and challenging women’s legal and cultural obstacles via courts.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2008 Women’s Rights Prize to: Yanar Mohammed, Sapana Pradhan Malla, and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, activists devoted to enhancing women’s rights and empowering women under the difficult conditions of armed conflict and war.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2008 Women’s Rights Prize to: Yanar Mohammed, Sapana Pradhan Malla, and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, activists devoted to enhancing women’s rights and empowering women under the difficult conditions of armed conflict and war.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2008 Women’s Rights Prize to: Yanar Mohammed, Sapana Pradhan Malla, and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, activists devoted to enhancing women’s rights and empowering women under the difficult conditions of armed conflict and war.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2007 Women’s Rights Prize to women’s rights advocate Pinar Ilkkaracan and two organizations that she helped establish: Women for Women's Human Rights-New Ways and the Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2007 Women’s Rights Prize to women’s rights advocate Pinar Ilkkaracan and two organizations that she helped establish: Women for Women's Human Rights-New Ways and the Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2007 Women’s Rights Prize to women’s rights advocate Pinar Ilkkaracan and two organizations that she helped establish: Women for Women's Human Rights-New Ways and the Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2006 Women’s Rights Prize to Luz Méndez for the Unión Nacional de Mujeres Guatemaltecas; to Julie Su for Sweatshop Watch; and to the Honorable Cecilia Medina Quiroga In recognition of their important contributions in the ongoing struggle for women's rights in the Americas – South, Central and North.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2006 Women’s Rights Prize to Luz Méndez for the Unión Nacional de Mujeres Guatemaltecas; to Julie Su for Sweatshop Watch; and to the Honorable Cecilia Medina Quiroga In recognition of their important contributions in the ongoing struggle for women's rights in the Americas – South, Central and North.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2006 Women’s Rights Prize to Luz Méndez for the Unión Nacional de Mujeres Guatemaltecas; to Julie Su for Sweatshop Watch; and to the Honorable Cecilia Medina Quiroga In recognition of their important contributions in the ongoing struggle for women's rights in the Americas – South, Central and North.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2005 Women’s Rights Prize to the Shan Women's Action Network and the Women's League of Burma, an association of women's groups that SWAN helped establish, for challenging human rights violations under a repressive military dictatorship (SWAN) and for working tirelessly to assist and educate Burmese refugees, regardless of their ethnicity (WLB).

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2005 Women’s Rights Prize to the Shan Women's Action Network and the Women's League of Burma, an association of women's groups that SWAN helped establish, for challenging human rights violations under a repressive military dictatorship (SWAN) and for working tirelessly to assist and educate Burmese refugees, regardless of their ethnicity (WLB).

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2004 Women’s Rights Prize to Sakena Yacoobi and the Afghan Institute of Learning, the organization she leads, for expanding health and education opportunities for women and children in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2004 Women’s Rights Prize to Sakena Yacoobi and the Afghan Institute of Learning, the organization she leads, for expanding health and education opportunities for women and children in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2003 Women’s Rights Prize to the Honorable Navanethem Pillay, former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, for her courageous leadership in advancing women's human rights by ruling on rape as an institutionalized weapon; and to Pro Femmes Twese Hamwe, a network of women's groups representing the courageous women of Rwanda, who constitute 70% of genocide and sexual violence survivors.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2003 Women’s Rights Prize to the Honorable Navanethem Pillay, former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, for her courageous leadership in advancing women's human rights by ruling on rape as an institutionalized weapon; and to Pro Femmes Twese Hamwe, a network of women's groups representing the courageous women of Rwanda, who constitute 70% of genocide and sexual violence survivors.