The World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child
The World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child was launched by the Swedish government and several charities. It has been awarded since 2000.
The patron is the Swedish Queen Silvia , among others Nelson Mandela (died 2014), the East Timorese politician Xanana Gusmão and the former Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson sit on an honorary committee of “adult friends” .
Award winners
- 2000
- World's Children's Prize: Iqbal Masih , Child Slave in Pakistan (posthumous)
- World Children's Honorary Award: Anne Frank (posthumous) and Hector Peterson (posthumous)
- 2001
- World's Children's Prize: Asfaw Yemiru, Ethiopia
- Global Friends' Award: Asfaw Yemiru, Ethiopia
- World Children's Honorary Award: Barefoot School, India, and The Children's Peace Movement, Colombia
- 2002
- World's Children's Prize: Maiti Nepal, and Nkosi Johnson (posthumous)
- Global Friends' Award: Nkosi Johnson (posthumous)
- World Children's Honorary Award: Casa Allianza, Central America
- 2003
- World's Children's Prize: Maggy Barankitse, Burundi
- Global Friends' Award: James Aguer Alic , Sudan
- World Children's Honorary Award: Pastoral da Crianças volunteers, Brazil
- 2004
- World's Children's Prize: Prateep Ungsongtham Hata , Thailand
- Global Friends' Award: Prateep Ungsongtham Hata, Thailand
- World Children's Honorary Award: Paul and Mercy Baskar, India, and Liz Gaynes and Emani Davis, USA
- 2005
- World's Children's Prize: The Mothers of St. Rita (Dunga Mothers), Kenya
- Global Friends' Award: Nelson Mandela and Graça Machel, South Africa and Mozambique
- World Children's Honorary Award: Ana María Marañón de Bohórquez, Bolivia
- 2006
- World's Children's Prize: Craig Kielburger , Canada
- Global Friends' Award: The orphan's organization AOCM, Rwanda
- World Children's Honorary Award: Jetsun Pema, Tibet
- 2007
- World's Children's Prize: Betty Makoni, Zimbabwe
- Global Friends' Award: Betty Makoni, Zimbabwe
- World Children's Honorary Award: Cynthia Maung , Burma and Inderjit Khurana, India
- 2008
- World's Children's Prize: Somaly Mam , Cambodia
- Global Friends' Award: Somaly Mam , Cambodia
- World Children's Honorary Award: Josefina Condori, Peru, and Agnes Stevens, USA
- 2011
- World's Children's Prize: Murhabazi Namegabe , Congo
- World Children's Honorary Award: Cecilia Flores-Oebanda , Philippines, and Monira Rahman , Bangladesh
- 2012
- Anna Mollel , Tanzania
- Sakena Yacoobi , Afghanistan
- Ann Skelton , South Africa