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The Indira Gandhi Peace Prize, Disarmament and Development is an annual international award recognising individuals and institutions for outstanding contributions to peace, human rights, development, and global cooperation.
Description:
Recent Awardees:
2025 Awardee: Graça Machel:
- Mozambican human rights activist and humanitarian
- Contributions in Women and child welfare, education, health, and nutrition, protection of vulnerable communities
- Recognised for sustained peace-building and advocacy under difficult social and political conditions
- Among numerous awards, Machel has received the United Nations’ Nansen Refugee Award in recognition of her long-standing humanitarian work.
- In 1997, she was made an honorary Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In 2018, she was awarded the World Health Organisation’s highest honour, the WHO Gold Medal, for her enormous contributions to the health and wellbeing of women, children and adolescents.
2024 Awardee: Michelle Bachelet:
- Former President of Chile (two terms: 2006–2010; 2014–2018)
Past Prominent Recipients:
- Mikhail Gorbachev, Aung San Suu Kyi, UNHCR, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Angela Merkel, David Attenborough
Selection Process:
- Awarded by an international jury
- Jury chaired by a distinguished Indian public figure
- Focus on lifetime contribution rather than isolated achievements
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