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2021 Silver Rose Awards goes to Myrtle Witbooi, President of IDWF

First held in 2000, the Silver Rose Awards is a yearly event organised by SOLIDAR in the European Parliament in cooperation with the S&D Group. It is an occasion to celebrate Civil Society Organisations and individuals whose extraordinary struggles contribute greatly to social justice and solidarity throughout the world. The Awards represent also a moment for SOLIDAR members, partners and the whole Progressive family to come together. Since the first edition of the Silver Rose Awards,…

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“Solidarity is what has kept us going” – The Silver Rose 2020 awardees celebration on Human Rights Day

SOLIDAR and SOLIDAR Foundation held an online celebration of the 2020 Silver Rose awardees on Human Rights´ Day, to demonstrate once again that the fight for Social Justice does not halt – not even in times of a pandemic. With the impossibility to hold the traditional ceremony in the European Parliament with partners S&D Group and PES, the ceremony took the form of…

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Celebrating the Silver Rose 2020 Winners – A pandemic is no excuse to bypass Human Rights

Due to the current health and social crisis, the SOLIDAR and SOLIDAR Foundation Board has decided the Silver Rose Ceremony will not take place this year in person*. However, an online event will be held in honour of the winners and their work, on 10th December 2020, Human Rights Day. Please register at this link to virtually attend the event – registration…

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Interview with Creative Communities Group UK, Silver Rose awardees 2020

Our Silver Rose Award winners 2020, the Creative Communities Group from the United Kingdom, tell us about their endeavours in a candid reportage. Nominated by Professor Romesh Gupta OBE, the group has been awarded in the category “Building Learning Societies”, for its outstanding efforts in advancing education and lifelong learning. The impossibility to hold the Silver Rose ceremony due to the coronavirus crisis, and deliver a merited award to CCG, does not mean their work is on hold….

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Silver Rose 2020 Awardees

Presenting the 2020 Silver Rose Awardees, in the words of who nominated them… Since the year 2000, SOLIDAR organises annually its Silver Rose Awards in the European Parliament in cooperation with the S&D Group, an occasion to celebrate Civil Society Organisations and individuals whose extraordinary struggles contribute greatly to social justice and solidarity throughout the world. We are proud to…