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The nomination period for the 2025 awards will run from 6 January until midnight CET on 7 April. If you know of an inspiring candidate, please submit your nomination as early as possible.
The 2025 global laureate will receive a commemorative medal and a monetary prize of US$100,000 to be reinvested in the humanitarian initiatives for which they are being recognized. Several regional winners will receive a smaller monetary prize to further their humanitarian work.
Sister Rosita Milesi, who is the Global Laureate of the 2024 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award, holds baby Daniel José Milaro, who has just arrived from Venezuela with his mother Jenifer Milaro and siblings, at the Casa de Acolhida São José, a temporary shelter for refugees and migrants in Pacaraima, Brazil.
Deepti Gurung, 50, who is the Asia and the Pacific Regional Winner of the 2024 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award, poses for a photograph in Godawari, Nepal.
Nada Fadol, 31, centre, who is the Middle East and North Africa Regional Winner of the 2024 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award, speaks to fellow Sudanese refugee and father-of-five Hamad Mohamed Abdelkader, right, alongside Rouh Initiative coordinator Marwa Azhary Sayed Hegazy, left, at the organization’s community centre in Alexandria, Egypt.
Rasha Guzel (left), Jin’s assistant; Jin Davod, social entrepreneur and creator of Peace Therapist platform, and Turkish psychologist Hatice Koroglu (right), have a work meeting.
Maimouna Ba, 28, who is the Africa Regional Winner of the 2024 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award, poses for a photograph at the UNHCR country office in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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The 2024 global laureate is Sister Rosita Milesi. She is a Brazilian nun, lawyer, social activist and movement builder who has championed the rights and dignity of people on the move for more than 40 years. Drawing on her Catholic faith and leading by example, she has personally assisted thousands of migrants, refugees and others in need of international protection – helping them access shelter, food, health care, language training, jobs and legal documentation in Brazil.
In addition, four regional winners have been named and took part in the ceremony in Geneva: Maimouna Ba (Africa), Deepti Gurung (Asia and the Pacific), Jin Davod (Europe) and Nada Fadol (Middle East and North Africa).
For 69 years, the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award has recognized those who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to protect forcibly displaced and stateless people.
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