Oprah Winfrey will be a presenter of the yearly Diane von Furstenberg Awards in Venice on August 29.
This year the honorees of the 15th edition will include Jacinda Ardern, the former prime minister of New Zealand; cofounder of Women Wage Peace Yael Admi; cofounder and director of Women of the Sun Reem Al-Hajajreh; climate justice activist and cofounder of Re-Earth Initiative Xiye Bastida; Alessandra Kustermann, reproductive rights advocate and president of SVS Donna Help Donna, and women’s and children’s rights advocate, and founder of the Graça Machel Trust and the Foundation for...
Over the years the DVF Awards have amplified the voices of women from more than 30 countries with grants to further their work in the areas of climate change, immigration, fighting human trafficking, promoting gender equality and preventing violence against women. To mark the anniversary, the Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation, through funding support provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will honor five past honorees with an additional grant. They are Susan Burton, Nadia Murad, Dr. Kakenya Ntaiya, Maria Pacheco and Veronika Scott., who gave an award to actor, producer, writer and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Lilly Singh.
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