Svetlana Gannushkina facts for kids
Svetlana Alekseevna Gannushkina (Russian: Светла́на Алексе́евна Га́ннушкина) was born on March 6, 1942. She is a talented mathematician and a brave human rights activist from Russia. She is known for helping people and was even considered for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010.
Svetlana Gannushkina became famous in Russia in the 1990s. This was a time when many problems and conflicts happened in countries that used to be part of the Soviet Union. Her work focused on helping people who had to leave their homes because of war or danger. These people are called refugees or internally displaced persons.
Early Life and Learning
Svetlana Gannushkina was born in a big city called Moscow, in Russia. She went to Moscow State University and studied mathematics. She became very good at it!
Helping Others: Her Important Work
For many years, Svetlana Gannushkina was a professor. She taught mathematics at the Russian State University for the Humanities. But she also wanted to help people. In 1990, she helped start an organization called the Civic Assistance Committee. This group works to protect human rights, especially for people who have moved to Russia from other places, like immigrants and refugees. Since 2015, the Russian government has called this organization a "foreign agent".
Svetlana Gannushkina was also part of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights until 2011. This council advises the president on how to protect people's rights. She is also on the board of Memorial. This group helps remember people who suffered under the old Soviet government. She is also a member of a political group called Yabloko.
Awards and Recognition
Svetlana Gannushkina has received many important awards for her work:
- In 1997, she won a prize from the Open Society Foundations for her amazing work in Russia.
- In 2006, she received the Homo Homini Award from a Czech group called People in Need. This award is for people who do great work in human rights.
- In 2016, she won the Right Livelihood Award in Sweden. This award is sometimes called the "Alternative Nobel Prize". She received it for her many years of hard work. The award recognized her efforts to promote human rights and justice for refugees and people forced to move. It also honored her work to encourage kindness and understanding between different groups of people.
See also
In Spanish: Svetlana Gánnushkina para niños
- Human rights in Russia
