Awards
GLOBAL WOMAN AWARDS - Saturday, September 26, 2026
12:00AM EST Washington, D.C./U.S. Eastern Time
Join us for keynote address, presentation of awards, awardee speeches, and entertainment.
Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation has been awarding women and men for their work against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and other types of violence against women and girls since 2015. The purpose of the Global Woman Awards is to recognize women, men, and students who use their talents and professional attributes to help in the campaign to end female genital mutilation (FGM) and support other women’s interests, globally.
2025 Awardees
Lifetime Achievement – Ms. Aissata Camara
Lisa C. Bruch Woman of the Year – Doris K. Mukangu, MPH
Advocacy – Ms. Patricia Mars
Education / Training – Mrs. Dorothy Grace Stewart
Education / Training – Mr. Sean Callaghan
Survivor Activist – Mrs. Hassanatu Konomanyi
Student Ambassador – Ms. Tracy Strama Lynn
Donald A. Strong Man of the Year – Mr. Robert J. Peters, Esq.
Policymaking / Legal – Dr. Mary Roach
Medical / Health – Michelle R. Decker, ScD, MPH,
2024 Awardees
Lifetime Achievement – Bernadette Resian Loloju
Lisa C. Bruch Woman of the Year – Amy Hill
Advocacy – Mariam Bojang
Education / Training – Fairuz Mohammed
Survivor Activist – Isatou Jeng
Survivor Activist – Sinnah Bangura
Student Ambassador – Summer de Vera
Donald A. Strong Man of the Year – Arnold DeShield
Policymaking / Legal – Sen. Karen Keiser
Medical / Health – Dr. Diane J. Young, DrPH, MS, RN
2023 Awardees
Lifetime Achievement – Madam Fatoumata Kande-Kouyate
Lisa C. Bruch Woman of the Year – F.A. Cole
Advocacy – Caitlin LeMay
Education / Training – Dr. Krishna Patel
Survivor Activist – Jennifer Hawkins
Survivor Activist – Sunshine Chantal Bayor
Student Ambassador – Grace E. Olander
Student Ambassador – Esther Park
Donald A. Strong Man of the Year – Dr. Mamady Kamara
Policymaking / Legal – Mariya Taher
Medical / Health – Dr. Nettie Johnson
2022 Awardees
Survivor Activist: Comfort Dondo
Donald A. Strong Man of the Year: Mohammad Chappalwala
Medical / Health: Mariama Diallo
Education / Training: Dr. Nicole Warren
Advocacy: Lola Ibrahim
Policy Making / Legal: Hon. Dame Pauline Tallen
Lisa C. Bruch Woman of the Year: Dr. Crista Johnson Agbakwu
Lifetime Achievement: Dr. Joanna Vergoth
Student Ambassadors: Janay Johnson & Tetua-Ra’a Espere
2021 Awardees
Survivor Activist: Renee Bergstrom, Ed.D
Man of the Year: Imam Mohamed Hagmagid
Medical / Training: Dr. Jacqueline K. Hoang
Education / Training: Deborah Jackson, Ed.D
Advocacy: Sayydah Garrett
Policy Making / Legal: Lyric Thompson
Lisa C. Bruch Woman of the Year: Khadijah Abdullah
Lifetime Achievement: Shelby R. Quast
Student Ambassadors: Charbene Williams
2020 Awardees
Lifetime Achievement - U.S. Congressman Gerald E. Connolly
Lisa C. Bruch Woman of the Year Award - U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee
Advocacy - Purity Soinato Oiyie
Education / Training - Donald A. Strong, BS, MBA, MPH
Survivor Activist - Ifrah Ahmed
Student Ambassador - Marin Hoang
Man of the Year - Alexander Adams
Policy-Making / Legal - Jeanne Smoot
Medical / Health (Shared with Dr. Jehan El-Bayoumi) - Dr. Sohail Rana
Medical / Health (Shared with Dr. Sohail Rana) - Dr. Jehan (Gigi) El-Bayoumi
2019 Awardees
Advocacy - Djessou Kouyate
Policy Making - Representative Thomas P. Murt, Pennsylvania
Survivor Activist - Maryum Saifee
Education/Training - Dr. Ghada Khan
Legal - Attorney Sandra Roland
Medical/Health - Dr. Willa Jones
Student Ambassador - Edwige Dossou Kitti
Lisa C. Bruch Woman of the Year - Monalisa Dugue
Man of the Year - Dr. Morissanda Kouyate
2018 Awardees
Advocacy - Susan McLucas (1st Place); Adriana Kaplan (2nd Place)
Policy Making - Giselle Portenier (1st Place); Sarah Champion & Heather Sirocki (2nd Place tie)
Survivor Activist - Severina Lemachokoti (1st Place); Marie-Claire Moraldo (2nd Place)
Education/Training - Dr. Karen McDonnell & Hazel Barrett (1st Place tie); Barbara Nowak (2nd Place)
Literary - Kameel Ahmady (1st Place); Ramah Abdulaleem (2nd Place)
Legal - Ayodele Gansallo (1st Place); Dexter Dias (2nd Place)
Medical/Health - Dr. Mawaheb El-Mouelhy (1st Place); Dr. Ranit Mishori (2nd Place)
Media - David Indeje
Student Ambassador - Maria Akhter (1st Place); Fatu Drame (2nd Place)
Person of the Year - Dr. Beryl Dorsett (1st Place); Joetta Brown (2nd Place)
2017 Awardees
Advocacy - Arifa Nasim
Policy Making - Senator Richard H. Black
Survivor Activist - Mariya Taher
Education/Training - Edna Adan Ismail
Literacy - Tobe Levin Freifrau von Gleichen
Legal - Linda Weil-Curiel
Medical/Health - Dr. Pierre Foldes & Ms. Frederique Martz (Shared)
Media - Maggie O'Kane
Student Ambassador - Adama Diaby
2016 Awardees
Literary - Hilary Burrage
Advocacy - Susan Gibbs
Advocacy - Elisabeth Wilson
Advocacy - Sherelle Carper
Media - Andrea Roane
Media - Diane Walsh
Media - Missy Crutchfield
Artistic Advocacy - Godfrey Williams-Okorodus
Artistic Advocacy - Kristin Hoffmann
Legal - Susan L. Masling
Student Ambassador - Amani Sade DeShield
Education - Sarah Sisaye
Survivor Activist - Yatta Donsii
2015 Awardees
Medical - Dr. Marci Bowers
Legal - Shelby Quast
Leadership Advocacy - Fatoumata Kande
Leadership Advocacy - Martha Allen
Survivor Activist - Jaha Dukurah (The Gambia)
Survivor Activist - Mariam Bojang (The Gambia)
Survivor Activist - Aissata Camara (Guinea)
Survivor Activist - Eva Flomo (Liberia)
Survivor Activist - Annie Wright (Liberia)
Survivor Activist - Hibo Wardere (Somalia)
Survivor Activist - Francess Cole (Sierra Leone)
Donor Advocacy - Lisa C. Bruch