The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) calls on the international LGBT, human rights and sexual rights communities to submit nominations for the 2005 Felipa Awards.
Purpose of the Award and General Guidelines
The Felipa award honors an organization or an individual that has made a significant contribution toward securing the full enjoyment of the human rights of all people and communities subject to discrimination or abuse on the basis of sexual orientation or expression, gender identity or expression, and/or HIV status, anywhere in the world.
With this award, IGLHRC hopes to bring about public recognition to an organization or individual committed to the struggle for human and sexual rights. We seek nominations for organizations and individuals from all regions of the world and from as wide a range of communities as possible. We welcome nominations for younger as well as more established organizations and individuals.
The award recipient will receive a cash award to help further their work. IGLHRC will bring the individual award recipient or one designated representative from an organizational award recipient to the United States to be honored at an annual springtime ceremony.
The Felipa Awards is named in honor of Felipa de Souza, a woman convicted and tortured in Brazil by the Portuguese Inquisition in 1591 for having sexual relationships with other women.
Award Criteria
In reviewing the candidates, the following criteria will be considered and evaluated:
- Demonstrated leadership and a record of outstanding achievements in the field
- Practical work in the field and in difficult circumstances
- Demonstrated capacity to establish links and build lasting coalitions with others struggling for human rights, gender equality, and/or social and economic justice
- Predominant activities in developing countries and/or with marginalized communities
- Potential impact of the award in supporting and strengthening candidates' work in the future
The IGLHRC’s Board of Directors will make a final decision regarding the award in consultation with IGLHRC's International Advisory Board and staff. The Board of Directors will announce its decision by March 1, 2005.
Nomination Process
Please be sure to answer all questions on the following Nomination form. You may use a separate sheet if necessary. Felipa nominations should be mailed, faxed or emailed to the address below by October 15, 2004 in order to qualify for the 2005 award. If you do not receive a confirmation by October 20th, this may mean that your nomination did not reach us in time; we will file your nomination for consideration in the next yearly cycle.
Nominations may be made by anyone, including the candidates themselves. IGLHRC no longer accepts nominations for posthumous awards.
Due to our resource limitations, nominations must be submitted in English, French, Portuguese or Spanish. We will not be able to process nominations in any other language. Our deepest apologies.
Deadline for nominations: October 15, 2004
Please send your nominations to:
- By Mail:
- Felipa Nominations 2005
IGLHRC
350 5th Ave., 34th Floor
NY, NY 10118
USA - By Fax:
- +1.212.216.1876
- By Email:
- Felipa2005@iglhrc.org
If you have any questions, please contact: Stephan Sastrawidjaja, ssastrawidjaja@iglhrc.org, +1.212.216.1278
Nomination Form
(You may use a separate sheet if necessary.)
- Your name, address, phone, fax and email contact information
- The candidate’s name, address, phone, fax and email contact information:
- If the candidate is an organization, please give its mission, or if unavailable, a brief description of the organization’s history, work and the communities it is primarily involved.
- Please answer the following questions. You may use a separate sheet if there is not enough space. Please keep answers relatively brief, to 300 words per question.
- How has the candidate defended or promoted human rights, sexual rights and/or Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender rights?
- What are some of the candidate’s notable accomplishments locally, nationally and/or internationally? Please provide some specific examples, including from the candidate’s day-to-day work.
- What obstacles has the candidate experienced in promoting human rights, sexual rights, and/or LGBT rights locally, nationally and/or internationally? How has the candidate surmounted them? Please provide some concrete examples.
- What links and lasting coalitions has the candidate established with others in the struggle for human rights, sexual rights, gender and racial equality, and/or social and economic justice? How?
- How would IGLHRC’s Felipa Award support and strengthen the candidate's work in the future?
- Please include two letters of recommendation/support from individuals or organizational colleagues.
Nominations (either individual or organization) can also include additional and optional supporting materials such as brochures, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, videos, or other descriptions of the candidate's work.
Deadline for nominations: October 15, 2004
Please send your nomination to:
- By Mail:
- Felipa Nominations 2005
IGLHRC
350 5th Ave., 34th Floor
NY, NY 10118
USA - By Fax:
- +1.212.216.1876
- By Email:
- Felipa2005@iglhrc.org
Published on September 30, 2004 | OutRight Action International an LGBT human rights organization