Berlin Women's Prize

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The Berlin Women's Prize is an award from the State of Berlin . It has been awarded since 1987 to women who are particularly committed to the emancipation of the sexes and to the equality of women .

Announcement and awarding of prizes

Individuals or groups can submit suggestions for people to be recognized. The award winner should meet at least one of the following criteria:

  • Special and above-average commitment to the emancipation of the sexes
  • Forward-looking and innovative ideas and concepts
  • A position as a pioneer in a key area of ​​women's political activity
  • Particular commitment to social justice and the universal validity of human rights, against racism and against anti-Semitism

The Berlin Women's Prize is awarded exclusively to women working in Berlin by the Senate Administration responsible for the gender equality department . An independent jury will decide on the award. The award ceremony takes place annually on International Women's Day on March 8th as part of a festive event.

Prize winners

The following list as well as further information on the award winners and their work are available on the Berlin Women's Award website. In 1989, 1990, 1996 and 1997, the Berlin Women's Prize could not be awarded for budgetary reasons.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. tender. In: www.berlin.de. October 6, 2016, accessed January 6, 2017 .
  2. Prize winners. In: www.berlin.de. March 21, 2016, accessed January 6, 2017 .
  3. Berliner Morgenpost on March 8, 2011: Follow up with deeds. Retrieved March 8, 2011 .
  4. Sharon Adler receives the 2012 Berlin Women's Prize. Accessed March 8, 2012 .
  5. Berlin Women's Prize on March 8, 2013 ( Memento from August 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 8, 2013
  6. FFGZ receives Berlin Women's Prize. (No longer available online.) March 5, 2014, archived from the original on March 30, 2014 ; accessed on March 30, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.berlinonline.de
  7. Senate Department for Labor, Integration and Women, Berlin: Berlin Women's Prize 2016 to Gabriele Heinemann. Retrieved March 1, 2016 .
  8. Berlin Women's Prize 2017 goes to Dr. Sigrid Nikutta. March 2, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017 .
  9. Berlin Women's Prize 2018 for Christine Vogler. March 9, 2018, accessed December 13, 2018 .
  10. Berlin Women's Prize 2020 for Yvonne Büdenhölzer. February 14, 2020, accessed March 10, 2020 .
  11. Berlin Women's Prize 2020 - parity with Cinderella technology !? Retrieved March 10, 2020 .