Veronika Marchenko (activist)

Veronika Marchenko with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and First Lady Michelle Obama in 2009.

Veronika Marchenko (Russian: Верони́ка Алекса́ндровна Ма́рченко, Veronika Aleksandrovna Marchenko) is a Russian activist.[1] In 2008 she was the head of the NGO Mother's Right Foundation, which she founded as a student in 1988.

## Life[edit]

The Mother's Right Foundation works to expose the inhumane conditions that led to the deaths of Russian service members in peacetime,[2] as well as to help families of the dead get compensation and to punish those guilty of deaths.[1][3][4] It also presses for an end to hazing and bullying.[3] This NGO is mainly funded by foreign grants.[5][4]

Marchenko has also worked on the journal Yunost.[6] In 1986 she was on the show "12th Storey", broadcast by Soviet Central TV, and she was in the International Youth Movement "Next Stop Soviet" (1987-1990).[6] In November 1998 she was awarded the Public Recognition prize, and in December 2002 the Open Society Institute in Russia awarded her the prize For Selfless Work.[6] She also received a 2009 International Women of Courage Award.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c The Secretary of State's 2009 International Women of Courage Awards
2. ^ Anne White (5 April 1999). Democratization in Russia under Gorbachev, 1985–91: The Birth of a Voluntary Sector. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 103–. ISBN 978-1-349-27372-0.
3. ^ a b Veronika Marchenko: "We are Ready for a Long Fight in Order To Make the Law Prevail" | DipNote
4. ^ a b Veronika Marchenko, head of a Russian NGO protecting the rights
5. ^ The Mothers' Right foundation: Russian soldiers' mothers turn grief into action - Telegraph
6. ^ a b c Veronika Marchenko - Rights in Russia

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International Women of Courage Awards

2007|

* Ruth Halperin-Kaddari
* Jennifer Louise Williams
* Siti Musdah Mulia
* Ilze Jaunalksne
* Samia al-Amoudi
* Mariya Ahmed Didi
* Susana Trimarco de Veron
* Mary Akrami
* Aziza Siddiqui
* Sundus Abbas
* Shatha Abdul Razzak Abbousi
* Grace Padaca

2008|

* Suraya Pakzad
* Virisila Buadromo
* Eaman al-Gobory
* Valdete Idrizi
* Begum Jan
* Nibal Thawabteh
* Cynthia Bendlin
* Farhiyo Farah Ibrahim

2009|

* Wazhma Frogh
* Norma Cruz
* Suaad Allami
* Ambiga Sreenevasan
* Hadizatou Mani
* Veronika Marchenko
* Mutabar Tadjibayeva
* Reem Al Numery

2010|

* Shukria Asil
* Shafiqa Quraishi
* Androula Henriques
* Solange Pierre
* Shadi Sadr
* Ann Njogu
* Lee Ae-ran
* Jansila Majeed
* Marie Claude Naddaf
* Jestina Mukoko

2011|

* Roza Otunbayeva
* Maria Bashir
* Henriette Ekwe Ebongo
* Jianmei Guo
* Ágnes Osztolykán
* Eva Abu Halaweh
* Ghulam Sughra
* Marisela Morales Ibañez
* Yoani Sánchez
* Nasta Palazhanka

2012|

* Maryam Durani
* Pricilla de Oliveira Azevedo
* Zin Mar Aung
* Jineth Bedoya Lima
* Hana Elhebshi
* Aneesa Ahmed
* Shad Begum
* Samar Badawi
* Hawa Abdallah Mohammed Salih
* Şafak Pavey
* Gabi Calleja

2013|

* Malalai Bahaduri
* Tsering Woeser
* Julieta Castellanos
* Nirbhaya "Fearless"
* Josephine Obiajulu Odumakin
* Elena Milashina
* Fartuun Adan
* Razan Zaitouneh
* Tạ Phong Tần

2014|

* Nasrin Oryakhil
* Roshika Deo
* Rusudan Gotsiridze
* Iris Yassmin Barrios Aguilar
* Laxmi Agarwal
* Fatimata Touré
* Maha Al Muneef
* Oinikhol Bobonazarova
* Ruslana
* Beatrice Mtetwa

2015|

* Niloofar Rahmani
* Nadia Sharmeen
* Rosa Julieta Montaño Salvatierra
* May Sabai Phyu
* Emilie Béatrice Epaye
* Marie Claire Tchecola
* Sayaka Osakabe
* Arbana Xharra
* Tabassum Adnan
* Majd Izzat al-Chourbaji

2016|

* Sara Hossain
* Debra Baptist-Estrada
* Ni Yulan
* Latifa Ibn Ziaten
* Thelma Aldana
* Nagham Nawzat
* Nisha Ayub
* Fatimata M'Baye
* Zhanna Nemtsova
* Zuzana Števulová
* Awadeya Mahmoud
* Vicky Ntetema
* Rodjaraeg Wattanapanit
* Nihal Naj Ali Al-Awlaqi

2017|

* Sharmin Akter
* Malebogo Molefhe
* Natalia Ponce de León
* Rebecca Kabugho
* Jannat Al Ghezi
* Aichatou Ousmane Issaka
* Veronica Simogun
* Cindy Arlette Contreras Bautista
* Sandya Eknelygoda
* Carolin Tahhan Fachakh
* Saadet Ozkan
* Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh
* Fadia Najeeb Thabet

2018|

* Roya Sadat
* Aura Elena Farfan
* Dr. Julissa Villanueva
* Aliyah Khalaf Saleh
* Sister Maria Elena Berini
* Aiman Umarova
* Dr. Feride Rushiti
* L’Malouma Said
* Godeliève Mukasarasi
* Sirikan Charoensiri

2019|

* Marini De Livera
* Razia Sultana
* Naw K’nyaw Paw
* Moumina Houssein Darar
* Maggie Gobran
* Khalida Khalaf Hanna al-Twal
* Orla Treacy
* Olivera Lakić
* Flor de María Vega Zapata
* Anna Aloys Henga

2020|

* Zarifa Ghafari
* Lucy Kocharyan
* Shahla Humbatova
* Ximena Galarza
* Claire Ouedraogo
* Sayragul Sauytbay
* Susanna Liew
* Amaya Coppens
* Jalila Haider
* Amina Khoulani
* Yasmin al Qadhi
* Rita Nyampinga

2021|

* Maria Kalesnikava
* Phyoe Phyoe Aung
* Maximilienne C. Ngo Mbe
* Wang Yu
* Mayerlis Angarita
* Julienne Lusenge
* Erika Aifán
* Shohreh Bayat
* Muskan Khatun
* Zahra Mohamed Ahmad
* Alicia Vacas Moro
* Ranitha Gnanarajah
* Canan Gullu
* Ana Rosario Contreras

2022|

* Rizwana Hasan
* Simone Sibilio do Nascimento
* Ei Thinzar Maung
* Josefina Klinger Zúñiga
* Taif Sami Mohammed
* Facia Boyenoh Harris
* Najla Mangoush
* Doina Gherman
* Bhumika Shrestha
* Carmen Gheorghe
* Roegchanda Pascoe
* Phạm Đoan Trang

2023|

* Hadeel Abdel Aziz
* Danièle Darlan
* Bolor Ganbold
* Zakira Hekmat
* Meaza Mohammed
* Yuliia Paievska
* Ras Adiba Radzi
* Doris Ríos
* Alba Rueda
* Bakhytzhan Toregozhina
* Bianka Zalewska

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