PHM-Exch> Call for Nominations for the 2010 Ginetta Sagan Award

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Sarah Bachman hr-education at lists.hrea.org

Call for Nominations for the 2010 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 2010 award will be given to a woman who works on behalf of the human
rights of children.

The Ginetta Sagan Fund 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, and protects the
recipient's capacity to continue her work, by bringing a new level of
international attention to her accomplishments and the obstacles she faces.
- Brings increased international scrutiny to the crisis, region or issue for
which the recipient works.

Awardee Qualities:
- Founder and/or Executive Director of an organization.
- Under threat for her activism.
- Proven effective at addressing human rights issues.
- Has brought about significant change in her country, region, or issue
through her work.
- Not a political party leader or government official / employee.

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 (AGM) of Amnesty
International USA. The 2010 AGM will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The $10,000 award can be used by the awardee at her complete discretion.

For information about previous awardees, please visit
www.amnestyusa.org/ginettasaganfund/ and click on "Previous Years' Winners"
on the left menu bar.

HISTORY OF THE GINETTA SAGAN FUND

For more than three decades, the late Ginetta Sagan, (1925-2000), 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 and her 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, please visit:
www.amnestyusa.org/ginettasaganfund/

To download the nomination form:
http://www.amnestyusa.org/ginettasaganfund/NominationForm2010.pdf

DEADLINE

Nomination and letters of recommendation must be received by OCTOBER 1,
2009.

SEND NOMINATION TO:

Email: gsf at aiusa.org

- OR -

The Ginetta Sagan Fund
c/o Amnesty International USA/GSF
350 Sansome Street, Suite 210
San Francisco, California 94104

Please send all inquiries to gsf at aiusa.org (preferred) or in the US
415.288.1800 ext. 300.
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