Maria Peñaloza, WWSF-Prize program coordinator
Tel: (41 22) 738.66.19 / Email: prize@vtxnet.ch / Internet www.woman.ch

For the ninth consecutive year, the Women's World Summit Foundation WWSF is pleased to announce the winners of the Prize for Women's Creativity in Rural Life. Thirty-two laureates have been selected for the Prize ($500 per laureate) with several countries being represented for the first time this year.

ArtCamp, the Co-op in Mexico supplying our wonderful pewter jewelry, has been selected as the only PRIZE winner in Mexico. Their efforts using the internet to market their jewelry earned them the PRIZE.

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We are aware that many more women deserve to receive this empowering award. Rural women the world over play a major role in ensuring food security and maintaining stability in rural areas. Yet, they frequently lack the power to secure land rights or to access services such as credit, inputs, extension, training and education. Their vital contribution to development is recognised more and more and we hope that, one day, at least one rural woman from every country in the world will have been awarded with the Prize (242 awards have been given since 1994).

We hope that the stories of the Prize laureates inspire you to join us in celebrating the power of women. Their life's work shows us the strength that can be found through personal commitment and devoted work for a just and valid cause. These women do not create great events, but perform daily small acts of great love. The world needs to hear more about this kind of positive action.