Announcement of the 2026 Laureates

The 2026 Right Livelihood Award goes to women and women-led organisations confronting the world’s most entrenched power structures: authoritarian rule, patriarchal violence, and unchecked AI development.

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Pakistan

Jalila Haider

“For breaking barriers, as the first female lawyer from her Hazara community, to challenge ethnic, state and patriarchal persecution, guided by the conviction that no human being is illegal.”

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Southern Africa

Rural Women’s Assembly

“For organising rural women across Southern Africa into a united force defending land, seed and bodily autonomy against corporate and patriarchal dispossession.”

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GYLA submitting the application against the “Russian law” to the European Court of Human Rights.

Georgia

Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association

“For building and safeguarding Georgian democracy and sustaining civic power in the face of an autocratic crackdown.”

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USA

Timnit Gebru

“For challenging concentrated power in artificial intelligence and pioneering digital technology rooted in justice, lived experience and human agency.”

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2026 Right Livelihood Laureate Timnit Gebru in garden, looking off to the side.

Press releases

Read individual press releases about:

Jalila Haider
Rural Women’s Assembly
Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA)
Timnit Gebru

READ GENERAL PRESS RELEASE

Press conferences

Watch our online press conferences on September 30:

10:00 CEST: Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) Watch recording
11:00 CEST (09:00 GMT): Rural Women’s Assembly Watch recording
14:00 CEST (12:00 GMT): Jalila Haider Watch recording
18:00 CEST (16:00 GMT): Timnit Gebru Watch recording

Photos and videos

View our press kit and download our logotypes.

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