The Anne Klein Women's Award is given by the Heinrich Böll Foundation to women from anywhere in the world who are committed to gender democracy. The award was named after Anne Klein the German lawyer and State Senator. The prize includes €10,000 and is decided on by a five-member jury. Candidates for the award come from: "Realizing gender democracy, eliminating discrimination based on gender and gender identity, political commitment to realizing women's, human and freedom rights, promoting women and girls in science and research . "
Winners +YearWinnerAwarded for2012Nivedita Prasadlecturer and activist for women's and human rights2013Lepa Mladjenovic feminist activist2014Imelda Marrufofeminist activist2015Nebahat Akkoçactivist against state and domestic violence and for human and women's rights2016Gisela Burckhardtwomen's rights activist and founder of the FEMNET association for the rights of women workers in the global textile industry2017Nomarussia Bonaseactivist against apartheid in South Africa, women's rights activist2018Jineth Bedoya Lima Mayerlis Angarita RoblesColombian journalists who independently campaigned for women 2019Kristina HänelGerman general medicine and emergency physician2020Prasanna Gettucriminologist, human rights activist and women's rights activist from Chennai, India2021Canan ArınTurkish women's rights defender2022Yosra FrawesLawyer in Tunisia 2023Joumana SeifSyrian Lawyer2024Ukrainian sociologist, feminist, and activist2025, , and Belarusian human rights activists2026Awa Fall-Diop Senegalese human rights activist
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