Greetings from the Women's Fund for Peace and Human Rights
Dear Friends, -------------------------------------------- Yayori Award...the dead line is coming soon! -------------------------------------------- This is a friendly reminder from the Women's Fund for Peace and Human Rights:
The dead line of our important project, Yayori Award nomination for 2007 is June 30.
We hope many women will apply for this award from all over the world especially the Asia region and areas with Asian connections. Please forward this message to people with nominees in their minds.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Yayori Award The Yayori Award focuses on women activists, journalists, and artists (individuals or groups) who work at the grassroots level with socially marginalized peoples in order to create a 21st century free from war and discrimination against women. We will select an individual or a group from the Asian region and offer 500,000 yen.
Nomination deadline: June 30, 2007 Selection announcement: August 10, 2007 Award presentation ceremony: December 9, 2007 For award winners from overseas, the Women's Fund for Peace and Human Rights will cover the expense of transportation and accommodations.
Thank you very much in advance for your kind help.
Sincerely yours,
Mikiko Ishihara, ************************************************* The Committee for the Yayori Award C/O Asia-Japan Women's Resource Center, 14-10-211, Sakuragaoka, Shibuyaku, Tokyo 150-0031 Japan Tel: 81 3 3780 5245 Fax: 81 3 3463 9752 Email: info@ajwrc.org, **************************************