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Right Livelihood Award

The Right Livelihood Award, also known as the Alternative Nobel, is awarded annually to honor and support courageous people solving global problems.

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October 3, 2024

Palestinian organization wins 'Alternative Nobel Prize'

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London-based research organization Forensic Architecture is among the 2024 laureates of the Right Livelihood Award.

Forensic Architecture wins Right Livelihood Award

Forensic Architecture wins Right Livelihood Award

The group, which investigates human-rights abuses, was founded by Israeli architect Eyal Weizman.
Human RightsOctober 3, 202401:54 min
Migrant rescue at sea

'Alternative Nobel' goes to SOS Mediterranee

'Alternative Nobel' goes to SOS Mediterranee

One of the winners of the 2023 Right Livelihood Award is the SOS Mediterranee maritime rescue organization.
MigrationSeptember 28, 202301:55 min
A rescue worker helps a child from a group of mainly Syrian migrants during a mission

SOS Mediterranee wins 'Alternative Nobel Prize'

SOS Mediterranee wins 'Alternative Nobel Prize'

The aid group has won the Right Livelihood Award for its life-saving work with migrants on the Mediterranean Sea.
MigrationSeptember 28, 2023
Ilwad Elman (L) and her mother Fartuun Adan

African duo in Sweden for Right Livelihood ceremony

African duo in Sweden for Right Livelihood ceremony

Fartuun Adan and her daughter Ilwad Elman have been honored for their fight for human rights despite facing dangers.
Human RightsNovember 30, 2022
Right Livelihood | 2021 Laureate Marthe Wandou

Wandou: Cameroon needs to move from policies to action

Wandou: Cameroon needs to move from policies to action

The international community should focus more on Africa's children's situation, says the 2021 Right Livelihood Laureate.
Human RightsDecember 1, 2021
Three men talking while another man stands nearby and a woman stands farther back

Meet the 2021 Right Livelihood Award winners

Meet the 2021 Right Livelihood Award winners

The alternative Nobel Prize goes to Marthe Wandou, Vladimir Sliwjak, Freda Huson and LIFE.
PoliticsSeptember 29, 2021
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