The recipient of the first-ever International Gender Equality Prize will be announced soon. The prize goes to a distinguished advocate and defender of equality.
The prize will be awarded by the Government of Finland based on the recommendation of the prize jury. This year the composition of the jury is: Paulina Ahokas, chair and managing director of Tampere Hall, Pekka Timonen, General Secretary for the Centenary and Rosa Meriläinen, author and researcher.
The public, both in Finland and abroad, were welcome to propose candidates for the prize for the jury to consider. The deadline for the entries to the International Gender Equality Prize 2017 was 31 May 2017.
The recipient receives EUR 150,000, and the recipient then nominates a development aid cause that strengthens the position of women to which the prize money will be handed.
A more detailed schedule of the prize announcement will be published on our webpages and Twitter.
