Press Release
The 2009 Right Livelihood Awards: Press Conference with the Laureates, Award Ceremony and programmeA press conference with the Recipients of this year's Right Livelihood Awards will take place in Stockholm on December 3rd. The Award Ceremony will be held the following day (Friday, Dec 4th) in the 2nd Chamber of the Swedish Parliament.
This year, the 2009 Right Livelihood Awards are going to be presented by the Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Maud Olofsson and by Margot Wallström, Vice President of the European Commission.
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The 2009 Right Livelihood Awards |  |
David Suzuki (Honorary Award, Canada) "...for his lifetime advocacy of the socially responsible use of science, and for his massive contribution to raising awareness about the perils of climate change and building public support for policies to address it."
René Ngongo (Democratic Republic of Congo) "...for his courage in confronting the forces that are destroying the Congo's rainforests and building political support for their conservation and sustainable use."
Alyn Ware (New Zealand) "...for his effective and creative advocacy and initiatives over two decades to further peace education and to rid the world of nuclear weapons."
Catherine Hamlin (Ethiopia) "...for her fifty years dedicated to treating obstetric fistula patients, thereby restoring the health, hope and dignity of thousands of Africa's poorest women."
Due to medical reasons, Dr Hamlin is unfortunately not able to come to Stockholm. She will therefore be represented by colleagues.
Founded in 1980, the Right Livelihood Awards are presented annually in the Swedish Parliament 'to honour and support those offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today'. The total prize money is EUR 150,000.
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Press Conference | |
A Press conference with the 2009 Laureates and Jakob von Uexkull, Founder and Chairman of the Award, will take place on
Thursday, 3 December, 9.30-11.30 am CET
International Press Centre, the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Fredsgatan 4-6, Stockholm.
Journalists only - please bring your press card!
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Award Ceremony | |
The Right Livelihood Awards will be presented at the Swedish Parliament on Friday, 4 December, at 6 pm.
The Swedish Parliament requires special press accreditation. Journalists who do not have this accreditation need to contact the Right Livelihood Award Foundation latest on Friday morning (info @ rightlivelihood.org, or +46 8 70 20 339). Seats will be available on the balcony for the press.
If you plan to bring filming equipment, please contact us and the Parliament's technicians (medieteknik @ riksdagen.se). Please note that we ask film teams to arrive at the Parliament building by 5 pm.
The programme for the Ceremony looks as follows:
- Sven Bergström, M.P., Chair of the Association for the Right Livelihood Award in the Swedish Parliament (SÄRLA), welcome
- Opening words by Liselott Hagberg, Deputy Speaker of Parliament
- Jakob von Uexkull, Founder and Chair of the Right Livelihood Award Foundation, speech
- Presentation of the 2009 Awards by Maud Olofsson (Deputy Prime Minister) and Margot Wallström (Vice-President of the European Commission)
- 18.45 (rough estimate): Break, photos of the Recipients can be taken at this time
- Laureates' speeches. Each Laureate will be introduced by a member of the Association for the Right Livelihood Award in the Swedish Parliament (SÄRLA)
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Laureates' Programme | |
To see the programme and whereabouts of the 2009 Laureates in December, please go to http://www.rightlivelihood.org/programme_2009.html
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Contact | |
Right Livelihood Award Foundation
PO Box 15072, 104 65 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: +46-8-702 03 40
Fax: +46-8-702 03 38
E-mail: press @ rightlivelihood.org, info @ rightlivelihood.org
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