The Perdita Huston Human Rights Award is presented to persons who have:

  1. Advocated to eliminate discrimination against women and girls around the world; and
  2. Made significant contributions for greater gender equality through increasing economic opportunity and development, promoting human rights, and supporting peace and security for women and girls.


Previous Honorees:

  • 2011 – Ms. Zainab Salbi
  • 2012 – Ms. Charito Kruvant
  • 2013 – Dr. Sarah Degnan Kambou
  • 2014 – Ms. Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini
  • 2015 – Dr. Kathleen Kuehnast
  • 2016 – Ms. Ritu Sharma
  • 2017 – Ms. Nancy Rivard
  • 2018 – Ms. Karen Mulhauser
  • 2019 - Ms. Vivian Lowery Derryck
  • 2020 - Prof. Susan Deller Ross
  • 2021 - Ms. Gayatri Patel
  • 2022 - Dr. Kakenya Ntaiya
  • 2023 - Ms. Stephanie Ortoleva
  • 2021 - Ms. Gayatri Patel
  • 2022 - Dr. Kakenya Ntaiya

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