CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Delhi-based environmental organisation Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE) has received the 2021 Right Livelihood Award. It has been awarded for its “grassroots approach of empowering vulnerable communities to protect their livelihoods and claim their right to a clean environment.”

Detailed explanation-2: -Somali-born Fartuun Adan and her daughter Ilwad Elman are in Stockholm to receive the 2022 Right Livelihood Award. They have been honored for their fight for human rights despite facing dangers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ukrainian rights defender Matviichuk was crowned this year’s Right Livelihood Award winner jointly with her Center for Civil Liberties (CCL), which also won the Nobel Peace Prize in October.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Right Livelihood Award 2022 is now open for nominations with a deadline of 2 March. The Award recognises the actions of brave visionaries and builds impactful connections around the world, boosting urgent and long-term social change.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Delhi-based environmental organisation “Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE)” has been felicitated with the 2021 Right Livelihood Award, an international honour, also known as Sweden’s alternative Nobel Prize.