APOSHLOG · INTERNATIONAL AWARDنسخه فارسی

International Women of the Year for the Environment Award

An award that brings visibility to women who protect nature despite structural, cultural, legal and economic barriers, and whose work leaves a lasting mark on local communities.

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Goals

  • Recognise women whose conservation work is rarely told.
  • Record and share successful community-based conservation.
  • Connect women activists with researchers, media and supporting institutions.
  • Inspire a new generation, especially girls and students.

Categories

  • Conservation of forests, rangelands and wetlands
  • Water, soil and climate action
  • Environmental education and community mobilisation
  • Environmental journalism, art and storytelling
  • Environmental law and advocacy
  • Research and innovation

Who can be nominated

Nomination is open to Iranian and non-Iranian women. Women may nominate themselves or be nominated by an organisation. Each nominee chooses one category.

How to nominate

  1. Fill in the nomination form (self-nomination or nomination by an organisation).
  2. Upload scientific, social, field and other supporting documents.
  3. If possible, attach at least two letters of recommendation.
  4. Accept the undertaking and keep your tracking number.
  5. The secretariat and the jury review the documents; results are announced on the winners page.

The nomination form is in Persian. Answers may be written in English, and documents may be in English.