Gisela Burckhardt - 10 Years Anne Klein Women’s Award
Channel: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
Date: 2021-03-04

Dr. Gisela Burckhardt, Bonn, Germany - Award winner 2016 for her consistent commitment to women's and workers' rights in the global textile industry. In recent years, she and her organisation FEMNET have been supporting women in South Asia in their struggle for fair wages and working conditions in the textile industry. In doing so, Burckhardt keeps an eye on the corporations and those politically responsible as well as the consumers.

With the Anne Klein Women’s Award, the Heinrich Böll Foundation honors women who courageously and persistently stand up for human rights, equal rights and sexual self-determination.

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