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unhappycamper

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Thu Oct 1, 2015, 08:57 AM Oct 2015

Disarmament, health care, Inuit and LGBT rights advocates win 'Alternative Nobels'

http://www.dw.com/en/disarmament-health-care-inuit-and-lgbt-rights-advocates-win-alternative-nobels/a-18752588

A Swedish charity organization has released the names of the 2015 Right Livelihood Award laureates. The award honors those seeking to provide a better future for people around the globe.

Disarmament, health care, Inuit and LGBT rights advocates win 'Alternative Nobels'
01.10.2015

The Stockholm-based Right Livelihood Award Foundation released the winner's names on Thursday.

The winners of the 2015 awards are Tody de Brum and the people of the Marshall Islands, Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera , and Gino Strada and his aid organization Emergency.

Officially called the Right Livelihood Award, the prize is often referred to as the "Alternative Nobel Prize." The prize's aim is to recognize "inspiring and remarkable work" by people and organizations "offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today."

Unlike the Nobel Foundation, the Right Livelihood Foundation does not divide its awards by categories, and aims to highlight the achievements of those who do not only reside in the "world's political, scientific or economic elite," the website said.

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http://www.dw.com/en/ugandan-gay-rights-activist-wins-right-livelihood-award/a-18752665

Ugandan gay rights campaigner Kasha Nabagesera has won a Right Livelihood Award for her outstanding courage and commitment in a country in which gays and lesbians have to contend with prejudice, hatred and violence.

Ugandan gay rights activist wins Right Livelihood Award
Grit Hofmann, Monika Guarino
01.10.2015

Everyone recognizes her face. That's why she has to hide. Kasha Nabagesera had even appeared on national television in her dauntless campaign for gay and lesbian rights in Uganda.

"I can't count how many times I've been beaten," she told DW. "I really, really have to watch my back."

Although the 36-year-old can hardly leave the house these days, she sees a positive side to all the threats. People can no longer deny the existence of gays and lesbians in Uganda.

In recognition of her work and her courage, Kasha Nabagesera has now been honored with a Right Livelihood Award. Better known as the 'Alternative Nobel Prizes,' the awards support people "from all walks of life" who offer "exemplary answers" to challenges facing the today's world.
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