Nobel Peace Prize Winners 2014-2024
Why fixate on someone who hardly benefits society to the point where their net worth is $1BIL+ (when they were born wealthy especially) when all these other people contribute so much more to society? You vote with what you talk about & think about just as much as with what you buy.
Why fixate on someone who hardly benefits society to the point where their net worth is $1BIL+ (when they were born wealthy especially) when all these other people contribute so much more to society? You vote with what you talk about & think about just as much as with what you buy.
2014: Kailash Satyarthi & Malala Yousafzai (India & UK, respectively*)
Contribution to Society: Fighting child labour and slavery & for the right of every child to receive an education
Stats: As of 2014, has freed 83,000 children from slavery & As of March 2024, has helped girls in 9 countries, raised $47 MIL+, and supported / created 102 teachers & advocates
Organizations founded: Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) / Save the Childhood Movement; GoodWeave & Malala Fund
*All lines above are set up in this format where the first section refers to Kailash & the second section to Malala separated by “&”.
2015: National Dialogue Quartet (Tunisia)
Contribution to Society: Strengthening democracy and human rights through peaceful dialogue
Organizations in the Quartet (4): Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail (UGGT) / Tunisian General Labour Union, l’Union Tunisienne de l’Industrie, du Commerce et de l’Artisanat (UTICA) / Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts, Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l’Homme (LTDH) / Tunisian Human Rights League, & Ordre National des Avocats de Tunisie (ONAT) / Tunisian Order of Lawyers
2016: Juan Manuel Santos (Columbia)
Contribution to Society: Bringing the world’s longest running civil war to an end
Stats: It took him 6 years in office to end a 52-year long war
2017: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) (Australia)
Contribution to Society: Fighting to prevent nuclear disaster
Stats: In 2017, 122 of the United Nations’ member states voted in favour of a treaty prohibiting the development, acquisition, stockpiling or use of nuclear weapons & ICAN ‘s network of now 110 countries with 650 organization partnerships played a key role in the treaty’s creation
2018: Denis Mukwege & Nadia Murad (Democratic Republic of the Congo & Iraq, respectively*)
Contribution to Society: Helping to combat sexual violence & Victim of sexual violence
Stats: In 2023, 4,147 babies were delivered safely, since 1999, 80,000+ survivors were treated, and only three months into 2024, 5,297 women were helped by their psychosocial programs already & In 2019, 11,005 people’s lives were improved while in 2023, 450,000 people’s lives were improved in Sinjar, Iraq directly by Nadia
Organizations founded: Panzi Hospital & Foundation & Nadia’s Initiative
*All lines above are set up in this format where the first section refers to Denis & the second section to Nadia separated by “&”.
2019: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali (Ethiopia)
Contribution to Society: A historic peace agreement
Stats: In 2018, with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki signed a peace treaty that ended 16 years of war
Deeper Understanding: Despite representing a country with continued conflict, Ali is committed to securing basic freedoms such as free and fair elections. Check out their annual Freedom House score here.
2020: World Food Programme (HQ / headquartered in Rome, Italy)
Contribution to Society: Combatting hunger on a global scale
Stats: In 2022, 160 MIL people received assistance & 20 MIL children received nutritious meals, school snacks or take-home rations and today they have a presence in 120+ countries and territories & 6.5K trucks, 140 aircraft and 20 ships available for assistance on any given day
2021: Maria Ressa & Dmitry Muratov (Philippines & Russia, respectively*)
Contribution to Society: Fighting for press freedom
Organizations founded: co-founder of Rappler & Novaya Gazeta
*All lines above are set up in this format where the first section refers to Maria & the second section to Dmitry separated by “&” unless they share the same statement.
2022: Ales Bialiatski, Memorial, & Center for Civil Liberties (CCL) (Belarus, Russia, & Ukraine, respectively*)
Contribution to Society: The fight for human rights and democracy
Stats: Viasna has been working on the protection of civil and political rights in the country since 1996; OMCT works with 200+ member organisations to end torture and ill-treatment, assist victims, & protect human rights defenders and the largest global group actively standing up to torture in 90+ countries & From 1987 through 2022 Memorial served as a resource by gathering information on abuses and war crimes committed & In 2014, became the first human rights organization in the world and united thousands of people from about 40 countries for Save Oleg 🇷🇺 (Oleh 🇺🇦) Sentsov with success in 2019
Organizations founded: Viasna 🇧🇾 (Spring) and L’Organisation mondiale contre la torture (OMCT) / World Organisation Against Torture & Memorial’s latest news here & a CCL initiative update of life after Save Oleh Sentsov here
*All lines above are set up in this format where the first section refers to Ales, the second section to Memorial, & the third section to Civil Liberties separated by “&” unless they share the same statement.
2023: Narges Mohammadi (Iran)
Contribution to Society: A champion of equality and women’s rights
Stats: Since 2003, she has been working with the Defenders of Human Rights Center who became a member of the La Fédération internationale pour les droits humains (FIDH) / International Federation of Human Rights Organizations also in 2003
2024: Candidates are selected. The winner is announced on December 10th every year.
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