Right Livelihood Award 2008

Founded in 1980, the Right Livelihood Awards are presented annually in the Swedish Parliament 'to honour and support those offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today'. A press conference with the Recipients of this year's Right Livelihood Awards will take place in Stockholm on December, 8th. The Award Ceremony will be held the same day.
 

Four women will come to Stockholm to receive the Awards:
 

Krishnammal Jagannathan (India), who receives the Award together with her husband Sankaralingam Jagannathan and their organisation LAFTI (Land for the Tillers' Freedom) "for two long lifetimes of work dedicated to realising in practice the Gandhian vision of social justice and sustainable human development, for which they have been referred to as 'India's soul'."
 

Amy Goodman (USA), founder and award-winning host of Democracy Now!, a daily grassroots, global tv/radio news hour, is honoured "for developing an innovative model of truly independent political journalism that brings to millions of people the alternative voices that are often excluded by the mainstream media."
 

Asha Hagi (Somalia). The Jury honours Asha Hagi "for continuing to lead at great personal risk the female participation in the peace and reconciliation process in her war-ravaged country."
 

Monika Hauser (Germany), gynaecologist and founder of medica mondiale, receives an Award "for her tireless commitment to working with women who have experienced the most horrific sexualised violence in some of the most dangerous countries in the world, and campaigning for them to receive social recognition and compensation."
 

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