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Right Livelihood Award honors women fighting systemic power
The Right Livelihood Award, often referred to as the ‘alternative Nobel Prize’, has announced its 2026 recipients, focusing exclusively on women and women-led organizations challenging systemic power structures.
Key recipients include AI researcher Timnit Gebru, recognized for her work in promoting digital justice and addressing biases in artificial intelligence. Pakistani human rights lawyer Jalila Haider was honored for defending the Hazara community against state and patriarchal persecution.
The award also recognized the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association for its role in preserving democracy in Georgia, and the Rural Women's Assembly, a network representing over 178,000 small-scale farmers across eleven countries in Southern Africa, for its fight for land and seed sovereignty.
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