tribes way of life. and from china we have war gen my she is receiving an award for work fighting for gender equality she set up the country s 1st legal advocacy group for women s rights which received little attention in china and this year s honoree award goes to a pro-democracy activist from western sahara let s take a look at her lives work fighting for independence for her homeland. i mean that s why daughter has spent over 30 years fighting for the independence of her home in western sahara it s earned her a reputation as the commander of the sahara people for decades her dad has been involved in a struggle that has led to frequent clashes between american soldiers and her always she says she has been in prison and tortured multiple times it hasn t stopped the human rights defender from complaining for independence. $97051.00 spanish call on the forces withdrew from
gandhi of western sahara the 2nd prize winners well she s a chinese human rights activist what she s done is she s set up china s 1st legal advocacy group for women s rights. the 3rd prize winner has become a familiar face climate activists create a tune berg the 16 year old has galvanized the protest movement calling on governments do more to combat climate change and the final prize winner is an amazonian tribal sharman davi cope in our campaigns to protect the amazon and his tribes way of life. let s bring in julian crone for more on this she s a jury member for the right livelihood foundation thanks so much for coming in can you tell us what sets your group s award apart from the nobel prize and how is it different well 1st of all 4000 ward everybody on this planet can nominate
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