Finland’s International Gender Equality Prize goes to combating violence against women

The Government of Finland awards the International Gender Equality Prize now for the third time. This year's prizewinner is We Will Stop Femicide Platform, an organisation that does groundbreaking work combating violence against women in Turkey and whose work has a global relevance.

Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin handed out the 300,000-euro prize to Gülsüm Önal, Founder, President and the General Representative of We Will Stop Femicide Platform, and Fidan Ataselim, Founder and Secretary General of the organization, in Tampere on 22 November 2021.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad and Minister for Nordic Cooperation and Equality Thomas Blomqvist also spoke at the event.

The International Gender Equality Prize gala will be organized on November 22, 2021

The International Gender Equality Prize gala will be held at Tampere Hall in Tampere, Finland. More information about the gala coming soon.

Thank you to everyone who nominated a candidate for the prize

The call for proposals for the next recipient of the International Gender Equality Prize closed on 16 May 2021. Over four hundred nominations from all over the world were received for the prize to be awarded at the end of 2021. The prize is awarded to a person or organisation that has advanced gender equality in a globally significant way.

Speculation intensifies: Who will receive the International Gender Equality Prize in 2021?

Achieving gender equality globally is not an easy task. But it is by no means impossible. Every day a great number of passionate people are working towards making it reality. And once every two years, one of them is awarded the prestigious International Gender Equality Prize. Who will it be this year?

A Reverse Birthday Present, Finnish Style

How the International Gender Equality Prize helped Equality Now hold governments accountable in 2020 When people celebrate their birthdays, they usually receive presents. But countries are a bit different – or at least Finland is. To mark their 100 years of independence in 2017, Finns decided they should give a present instead.

Accelerating Legal Equality for Women & Girls around the world

Global women’s rights organisation Equality Now has received the International Gender Equality Prize from Finland.

Greetings from Niger to Finland

The first International Gender Equality Prize, awarded in 2017, was granted towards building a shelter for victims of gender-based violence in Niamey, Niger. What was the impact of the prize money for the organisation building the House of Hope?