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"Our hope is to redress restrictive laws and customs that deprive women not only of their human rights, but also of their ability to enrich the human condition."
Peter Gruber, Chairman
The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation
The Women's Rights Prize honors individuals who have made significant contributions to human rights that advance the rights of women and girls around the world.
To stifle even a single segment of a population is to shortchange the whole of humanity; to help liberate that segment is to contribute to universal human progress.
The Women's Rights Prize, established in 2003 and awarded annually, is a gold medal and unrestricted cash award of $500,000 that honors courageous efforts to help achieve gender equality.
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