Vital Voices receives IPRA President’s Award 2024
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The 2024 IPRA President’s Award has been given to Vital Voices. Vital Voices Global Partnership invests in women leaders.
Upon receiving the award, Vital Voices founder Alyse Nelson (pictured) said: “We're absolutely thrilled to receive the IPRA President's Award. At Vital Voices, we search the world for women who have a daring vision. When you invest in women, they turn around and invest in their families, their communities and their countries. We're committed to making a better world ”. Full text of video is here.
Commenting on the award, Nataša Pavlović Bujas IPRA President 2024 says: “In a time of growing mistrust I am honoured that the IPRA Board has recognised the efforts and achievements of Vital Voices. Its global influence is realised both through supporting women leaders worldwide and through clear, timely public expressions of opinion, free from hesitation or self-censorship. Communication is the most important tool for fostering better societies and a more humane global community”.
The IPRA President’s Award was founded in 1977 and is presented annually to an organization or individual to recognize an “outstanding contribution to better world understanding”. Previous recipients of the award include the SelfHealers Circle, 30% Club, Zeit Online, The International Red Cross, The Nobel Foundation, UNESCO, Amnesty International, WWF, The Economist and The National Geographic Society.
Background to IPRA
IPRA, the International Public Relations Association, was established in 1955, and is the leading global network for PR professionals in their personal capacity. IPRA aims to advance trusted communication and the ethical practice of public relations. We do this through networking, our code of conduct and intellectual leadership of the profession. IPRA is the organiser of public relations' annual global competition, the Golden World Awards for Excellence (GWA). IPRA's services enable PR professionals to collaborate and be recognised. Members create content via our Thought Leadership essays, social media and our consultative status with the United Nations. GWA winners demonstrate PR excellence. IPRA welcomes all those who share our aims and who wish to be part of the IPRA worldwide fellowship. For more information please visit: www.ipra.org
Background to Vital Voices
Vital Voices Global Partnership invests in women leaders. Describing themselves as “venture catalysts”, the Partnership identifies those with a bold vision for change and partners with them to make that vision a reality. Vital Voices has provided early support for leaders who went on to become Nobel peace prize laureates, prime ministers, and social entrepreneurs. Since its founding in 1997, Vital Voices has directly supported more than 20,000 women change makers across 186 countries. For more information please visit: https://www.vitalvoices.org
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