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International Children's Peace Prize
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | International Children's Peace Prize |
| awarded_for | Outstanding contributions in advocating children's rights |
| location | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| year | 2005 |
| reward | €100,000 or $123,000 |
| holder | KidsRights Foundation |
| website |
The International Children's Peace Prize is awarded annually to a child who has made a significant contribution to advocating children's rights and improving the situation of vulnerable children such as orphans, child labourers and children with HIV/AIDS. It holds a reputation as one of the leading youth prizes internationally.
The prize is an initiative of Marc Dullaert, founder of the KidsRights Foundation, an international children's aid and advocacy organisation based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
The winner receives a 100,000 euro donation to benefit a charitable project for children, as well as a statuette, the Nkosi, named in honour of Nkosi Johnson. The statuette is of a child pushing a ball, "show[ing] how a child sets the world in motion."
History
The first Children's Peace Prize was launched in November 2005 during the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Rome, an annual meeting of Nobel Peace Prize winners and international organisations such as UNICEF and Amnesty International. "We welcome the launch of Children’s Peace Prize during our summit," the summit's closing statement said.
Mikhail Gorbachev presented the 2005 prize, which was posthumously awarded to Nkosi Johnson, a South African boy who brought international attention to children with HIV/AIDS and founded the Nkosi's Haven home for HIV-positive mothers and children.
The 2006 award was handed out by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Frederik Willem de Klerk in a ceremony at the Binnenhof, the seat of the Dutch parliament in The Hague. The 2007 was presented at the Binnenhof by Bob Geldof and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Betty Williams. The 2008 prize was presented by Desmond Tutu.
In 2018 a finalist was Leilua Lino, a human rights activist from Samoa.
Recipients
| Year | Recipient | Country | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Nkosi Johnson | |||||
| 2006 | Om Prakash Gurjar | |||||
| 2007 | Thandiwe Chama | |||||
| 2008 | Mayra Avellar Neves | |||||
| 2009 | Baruani Ndume | |||||
| 2010 | Francia Simon | |||||
| 2011 | Michaela Mycroft | |||||
| 2012 | Kesz Valdez | |||||
| 2013 | Malala Yousafzai | |||||
| 2014 | Neha Gupta | |||||
| 2015 | Abraham Keita | |||||
| 2016 | Kehkashan Basu | |||||
| 2017 | Mohamad Al Jounde | |||||
| 2018 | March for Our Lives | |||||
| 2019 | title=Desmond Tutu Announces the Winners of the International Children's Peace Prize 2019: Greta Thunberg (16) From Sweden and Divina Maloum (14) From Cameroon | work=Cision PR Newswire | date=4 October 2019 | url=https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/desmond-tutu-announces-the-winners-of-the-international-children-s-peace-prize-2019-greta-thunberg-16-from-sweden-and-divina-maloum-14-from-cameroon-802168463.html}} | ||
| Divina Maloum | ||||||
| 2020 | url= https://kidsrights.org/news/sadat-rahman-17-from-bangladesh-wins-international-childrens-peace-prize-2020/ | title= SADAT RAHMAN (17) FROM BANGLADESH WINS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S PEACE PRIZE 2020 | date= 13 November 2020 | accessdate=14 November 2020 | publisher= International Children's Peace Prize }} | |
| 2021 | Vihaan and Nav Agarwal | |||||
| 2022 | Rena Kawasaki | |||||
| 2023 | Sofia Tereshchenko, Anastasia Feskova and Anastasia Demchenko | |||||
| 2024 | Nila Ibrahimi | |||||
| 2025 | Bana al-Abed |
Similar awards
The World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child is awarded yearly by Swedish organisation Children's World.{{cite report | access-date = 17 December 2023
An International Children's Peace Prize was also handed out by the San Francisco-based Children as the Peacemakers Foundation. The Global Peace Index of the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) issued a World Children Peace Prize; winners included Licypriya Kangujam.
Sources
References
References
- "International Children's Peace Prize Archives".
- (20 November 2019). "The International Children's Peace Prize".
- Theirworld. (2019-08-29). "US teenagers who campaigned for safer schools win the International Children's Peace Prize".
- (2019). "Leilua Lino".
- (2021-10-20). "Pacific Women Leaders: Lina Chang".
- (4 October 2019). "Desmond Tutu Announces the Winners of the International Children's Peace Prize 2019: Greta Thunberg (16) From Sweden and Divina Maloum (14) From Cameroon". Cision PR Newswire.
- (13 November 2020). "SADAT RAHMAN (17) FROM BANGLADESH WINS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S PEACE PRIZE 2020". International Children's Peace Prize.
- (13 November 2021). "Vihaan and Nav Agarwal (17 and 14) from India win International Children's Peace Prize 2021". KidsRights.
- (14 November 2022). "PIONEERING JAPANESE TEEN, RENA KAWASAKI (17), WINS THE INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S PEACE PRIZE 2022". KidsRights.
- (17 November 2023). "UKRAINIAN TEENS WIN INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S PEACE PRIZE 2023 FOR PIONEERING WORK TO HELP CHILD REFUGEES".
- Whiteman, Hilary. (2024-11-19). "Afghan girl who encouraged others to sing wins children’s peace prize".
- (19 November 2025). "Syrian teen, Bana Alabed (15), wins International Children’s Peace Prize 2025 for her relentless advocacy for war-affected children and transformative initiatives".
- Haddad, Annette. (13 November 1986). "Children presented world peace awards". UPI.
- Mohan, Geeta. (4 February 2022). "Time for action before it's too late: 7-year-old award-winning Indian climate activist". India Today.
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