Former UN-Under Secretary General Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka bags 2021 Global Goalkeeper Award of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced its annual Goalkeepers ‘Global Goals Awards’ 2021, on September 20, 2021, as part of its annual Goalkeepers campaign.
The award were given in following categories:
- The 2021 Global Goalkeeper Award : Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, former United Nations under-secretary-general and executive director of UN Women.
- She has been honoured for fighting for gender equality and her continued advocacy to address the Covid-19 pandemic’s disproportionate impact on women and girls.
- This award recognises a leader who has driven progress on a global scale toward achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs).
- The 2021 Changemaker Award : Fairooz Faizah Beether from Bangladesh, for her work promoting good health and wellbeing
- Beether is the co-foundee of Moner School, an online platform that raises awareness about mental health and ensures equal access to mental healthcare across Bangladesh.
- This award recognises an individual who inspires change using personal experience or from a position of leadership.
- The 2021 Progress Award : Jenifer Colpas from Colombia, for her work which centres around improving access to clean water and sanitation
- Colpas is the co-founder and executive director of Tierra Grata, a social enterprise that develops low-cost, easy-to-install solutions providing access to clean energy, safe water, and sanitation services to rural communities in Colombia.
- This award celebrates an individual who supports progress using science, technology, or business.
- The 2021 Campaign Award : Satta Sheriff of Liberia, for her work promoting gender equality.
- Sheriff is the founder and executive director of Action for Justice and Human Rights (AJHR), a youth-led NGO which ensure access to justice and respect for human rights in Liberia, with focus on women and girls.
- This award celebrates a campaign that has raised awareness or built a community by inspiring action and creating change.