[hr-education] 2007 Ginetta Sagan Award for Women and Children's Rights: Call for Nominations

Dear Friends and Colleagues:

I am delighted to share with you this call for nominations for the 2007
Ginetta Sagan Award for Women and Children's Rights. The 2007 Award will
be given to a woman who has been working to promote and protect children's
rights. The prize is $10,000, plus oppoturnities to do public education
and awareness raising in the Bay Area and in Washington, DC.

A PDF and MS Word format is available for download at:
http://www.amnestyusa.org/ginettasaganfund/

Thank you for your time, 

Chivy Sok 
Ginetta Sagan Fund Committee 

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS 

2007 GINETTA SAGAN AWARD FOR WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
Amnesty International USA 

"Ginetta Sagan's name is synonymous with the fight for human rights around 
the world. She represents to all the triumph of the human spirit over 
tyranny." 
- President Bill Clinton 


PURPOSE 

The purpose of the Ginetta Sagan Fund of Amnesty International USA is to
recognize and assist women who are working to protect the liberty and
lives of women and children in areas where human rights violations are
widespread. The 2007 award will be given to a woman who works on behalf of
the human righs of children.

The Ginetta Sagan Award recognizes individual accomplishment, but also
serves as a beacon of hope to women everywhere who are fighting for human
rights.

The Award: 
* recognizes outstanding achievement, often at great personal risk 
* enhances the recipient's ability to live and work freely 
* protects the recipient's capacity to continue her work 
* brings increased international scrutiny to the crisis region or issue 
for which the recipient works 

The creation of the Ginetta Sagan Fund emphasizes that more human rights
work must be done by and for women. The $10,000 award is announced and
presented each year at the Annual General Meeting of Amnesty International
USA.

HISTORY OF THE GINETTTA SAGAN FUND 

For more than three decades, the late Ginetta Sagan, recipient of the 1996
Presidential Medal of Freedom, fought for the lives and rights of
prisoners of conscience throughout the world. A tireless crusader and
eternal optimist, Ginetta's passionate dedication inspired generations of
human rights advocates. In honor of her humanitarian achievements, Amnesty
International USA created the Ginetta Sagan Fund in 1994, one of AIUSA's
first permanently endowed funds and the only fund that specifically
addresses the needs of women and children. The Ginetta Sagan Fund ensures
the continuation in perpetuity of Ginetta's human rights legacy and brings
worldwide attention to the abuses perpetrated on women and children.

For further information or to download the nomination form, please visit:
http://www.amnestyusa.org/ginettasaganfund





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