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 2011 award will be given to a woman who works on behalf of the human rights of women and children. The Ginetta Sagan Fund recognizes individual accomplishment, but also serves as a beacon of hopeto 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 tocontinue 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 recipientworks.
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 byand for women. The $10,000 award is announced and presented each year at the AnnualGeneral Meeting (AGM) of Amnesty International USA. The 2011 AGM location will be announcedsoon!
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 ofhuman rights advocates. In honor of her humanitarian achievements, Amnesty International USAcreated 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 or to download the nomination form, please visit: www.amnestyusa.org/ginettasaganfund/
NOMINATION GUIDELINES
LETTER OF NOMINATION
This letter of nomination should inform the Selection Committee why the candidate should receive the Ginetta Sagan Award for Women’s and Children’s Rights. To the extent that it is relevant, pleaseinclude any personal background related to human rights. Please include answers to the followingquestions:
- What kinds of personal interactions have you had with the candidate? How would youcharacterize those interactions?
- What compels you to nominate this candidate?
- How has the candidate impacted and/or transformed her community through her work?Examples from past nominees include changes to legislation, raising the profile of the issue inher country and internationally, providing life-saving services, etc. Please be as inclusive as possible.
- Any other relevant information you would like to include.
Please submit a signed electronic nomination letter (signature scanned, sent via email) or a hard copyof the letter that contains your signature.
TWOLETTERSOF RECOMMENDATION
These two letters can be from anyone familiar with the candidate’s human rights work. If possible,please have these two letters sent along with the nomination package. If sent by email, please put thenominee’s full name in the subject line.
SUPPORTING MATERIALS
Any material that can help the Selection Committee gain insight into the candidate would be veryhelpful. Electronic materials are especially welcome. This can include website links to press,interviews, one electronic or printed portrait photograph (if available), and any other relevantinformation. Please note that supporting materials will not be returned.
DEADLINE
Nomination and letters of recommendation must be received by OCTOBER 1, 2011.
SEND NOMINATION TO:
Email: gsf@aiusa.org or
The Ginetta Sagan Fund
c/o Amnesty International USA
350 Sansome Street, Suite 210
San Francisco, California 94104
Please send all inquiries to gsf@aiusa.org (preferred) or 415.288.1800 ext. 1745.
Moreinfo: http://www.amnestyusa.org/ginettasaganfund
