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The festival announced it would stop separating its acting prizes between men and women in August.
Eggert won the Best Leading Performance Silver Bear for her role in I m Your Man.
Most major award ceremonies do not include gender-neutral acting categories despite calls.
The first ever gender neutral acting prize at the 69th Berlin Film Festival was awarded to German actress, Maren Eggert.
Eggert won the Best Leading Performance Silver Bear for her role as a researcher in the upcoming futuristic rom-com, I m Your Man.
The actress, who stars opposite former Downtown Abbey actor Dan Stevens, said she was overwhelmed to have received the award.
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A 1928 Institute report found 56% of British Indians weren t willing to take the vaccine or were unsure. There is absolutely no evidence that COVID-19 vaccines can affect the fertility of women or men, the BMJ reported.
More than 1.4m British Indians are the largest minority group in the UK, according to the 2011 Census.
British Indians are more likely to resist getting a COVID-19 vaccine due to unfounded fears about their fertility, largely spread through social media misinformation, according to reports.
A Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) poll found that confidence in accepting a COVID-19 vaccine was lowest among those of Asian ethnicity, of whom only 55% were likely to say yes to receiving one.