News Center- The 2023 Simone de Beauvoir Prize, an international human rights prize for women's freedom, is awarded to Iranian women to support the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” uprising in Iran.

 At the prize-giving ceremony held on January 9, videos of the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadî” uprising were screened and Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir, president of the jury, made a speech emphasizing the importance of the current popular uprising in Iran and the role of women in this uprising. Iranian sociologist, researcher and author Shahla Shafiq received the prize on behalf of Iranian women. In her speech at the ceremony, Shahla Shafiq drew attention to the importance of the relationship between Iranian women’s movement for freedom and Simone de Beauvoir's ideas and philosophy.

The Simone de Beauvoir Prize has been awarded to Iranian women twice. In 2009, the prize was awarded to the “One Million Signatures” campaign launched by the women's rights movement in Iran, demanding changes to discriminatory laws in Iran. Iranian poet Simin Behbahani received the prize on behalf of Iranian women.

Created in 2008, the Simone de Beauvoir Prize is an international human rights prize for women's freedom in honor of the French author and philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, the author of “The Second Sex”. The prize is awarded annually to a person or group that defends and promotes women’s freedom.