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World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child

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The World’s Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child was founded in 2000 and is run by the World's Children's Prize Foundation (WCPF), based in Mariefred, Sweden.

The WCPF is a non-profit organisation, independent of all political and religious affiliation, and run with support from bodies including the Swedish Postcode Lottery and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.

Patrons

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Patrons of the World's Children's Prize include Malala Yousafzai, the late Nelson Mandela from South Africa, Democracy Champion, and Freedom Fighter Xanana Gusmão, from East Timor. Its patrons also include Queen Silvia of Sweden, Graça Machel and Desmond Tutu. Artists Loreen and Vusi "The Voice" Mahlasele are also patrons.

Laureates

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Since the launch of the program in 2000, more than 55 Prize Laureates have been awarded the World's Children's Prize.[1]

Year Award type Nominee Country
2000 Anne Frank (posthumously)
2000 Honorary Award Hector Pieterson (posthumously) South Africa
2000 Honorary Award Iqbal Masih (posthumously) Pakistan
2001 Asfaw Yemiru Ethiopia
2001 Honorary Award Barefoot College (Bunker Roy) India
2001 Honorary Award The Children's Peace Movement Colombia
2002 Casa Alianza South America
2002 Maiti Nepal (Anuradha Koirala) Nepal
2003 James Aguer Alic South Sudan
2003 Maggy Barankitse Burundi
2003 Pastoral das Crianças Brazil
2004 Honorary Award Emani Davis United States
2004 Paul and Mercy Baskar India
2004 Prateep Ungsongtham Hata Thailand
2005 Dunga Mothers Kenya
2005 Nelson Mandela South Africa
2005 Nkosi Johnson (posthumously) South Africa
2006 AOCM Rwanda
2006 Craig Kielburger Canada
2006 Honorary Award Ana María Marañon de Bohorquez Bolivia
2006 Jetsun Pema India (Tibet)
2007 Betty Makoni Zimbabwe
2007 Honorary Award Cynthia Maung Thailand, Burma, Myanmar
2007 Honorary Award Inderjit Khurana India
2008 Agnes Stevens United States
2008 Honorary Award Josefina Condori Peru
2008 Somaly Mam Cambodia
2009 World's Children's Prize Decade Child Rights Hero Graça Machel South Africa
2011 Cecilia Flores-Oebanda Philippines
2011 Monira Rahman Bangladesh
2011 Murhabazi Namegebe, D.R. Congo
2012 Anna Mollel Tanzania
2012 Ann Skelton South Africa
2012 Sakena Yacoobi Afghanistan
2013 James Kofi Annan Ghana
2013 Honorary Award Kimmie Weeks Liberia
2013 Honorary Award Sompop Jantraka Thailand
2014 Indira Ranamagar Nepal
2014 John Wood United States
2014 Malala Yousafzai Pakistan
2015 Javier Stauring United States
2015 Kailash Satyarthi India
2015 Prateep Ungsongtham Hata Thailand
2017 Manuel Rodrigues Guinea Bissau
2017 Molly Melching Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia
2017 Rosi Gollmann India and Bangladesh
2018 Gabriel Mejía Montoya Colombia
2018 Rachel Lloyd United States
2018 Einar Romania
2019 Ashok Dayalchand India
2019 Honorary Award Spès Nihangaza Burundi
2019 Honorary Award Guylande Mésadieu Haiti

Oversight

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The World's Children's Prize Foundation is regulated by Svensk Insamlingskontroll (Swedish Fundraising Control), which monitors charitable fundraising.

References

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  1. ^ "World's Children's Prize Laureates". The World's Childrens Prize.
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