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2006 Women's Rights Prize
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Luz Méndez for UNAMG
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Cecilia Medina Quiroga
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Julie Su for Sweatshop Watch
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2006 Gruber Women's Rights Prize

The recipients are three outspoken supporters of equality for women who, collectively, articulate the political and economic rights to which all women should be entitled.
 
    Luz Méndez for UNAMG
  Luz Méndez and the Unión Nacional de Mujeres Guatemaltecas (UNAMG) are leaders in working toward peace-building and equitable political participation in Guatemala  
         
    Cecilia Medina Quiroga
  The only woman jurist on the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Judge Cecilia Medina Quiroga has advanced the rights of women through international law  
         
    Julie Su for Sweatshop Watch
  Julie Su and Sweatshop Watch are strong advocates for the economic and political rights of migrant workers in the US  
         

 
 
 

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