The recipients are two organizations that, at great personal risk, challenge human rights violations under the repressive military dictatorship of Burma and assist and educate refugees.
The Women's League of Burma
The Women's League of Burma is a multi-ethnic umbrella organization committed to empowering women and enabling their participation in the democracy movement
Shan Women's Action Network
Shan Women's Action Network is dedicated to ending the oppression of minority women along the Thai-Burma border