The Women's Human Rights Activities Award or Yayori Award comes from the estate of Yayori Matsui, who was a journalist and activist with global perspectives and who consistently spoke up for women and marginalised people. This award, given by the Women's Fund for Peace and Human Rights, has been created for grassroots women activists, especially young women, in Asia or other areas, who are steadily struggling for the human rights of women. The Yayori Award focuses on women activists, journalists, and artists (individuals or groups) who work at the grassroots level with socially marginalised peoples in order to create a 21st century free from war and discrimination against women. An individual or a group from the Asian region will be selected and awarded ¥500,000.

All of those interested are encouraged to self-nominate through the submission of a nomination form and all applicable references. The reference material that you submit will not be returnable. Individuals with a nominee in mind are also free to submit recommendations for any and all appropriate candidates.

Click here to view guidelines and eligibility criteria.

The deadline for application is June 30 2007.

Click here to download an application in MS Word format and click here to download an application in PDF format.

Click here to see winners of previous awards.