Right Livelihood Awards: Ukrainian, Somali, Ugandan, Venezuelan groups win for promoting peace, democracy, climate protection, equality 29.09.2022

Deutsche Welle | Sep 29, 2022 at 2:00 AM
  • Change-makers from around the world have been recognized by the Right Livelihood Awards for the role they’re playing in trying to make the world a better place.
  • Prominent Ukrainian human rights defender Oleksandra Matviichuk and the Center for Civil Liberties won the award “for building sustainable democratic institutions in Ukraine and modelling a path to international accountability for war crimes.”
  • From Somalia — mother and daughter duo Fartuun Adan and Ilwad Elman were honored “for promoting peace, demilitarisation and human rights in Somalia in the face of terrorism and gender-based violence.”