Fairooz Faizah Beether, a co-founder of Moner School, has won the prestigious ‘Goalkeepers Global Goals Changemaker Award 2021,’ announced the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Tuesday.
The 2021 Changemaker Award, which celebrates individuals who inspired change using personal experience or from a position of leadership, recognised Faizah of Bangladesh for her work promoting good health and well-being under the Sustainable Development Goal- 3 (SDG-3), said a press release.
Under SDG 3, which is about good health and well-being, Faizah has been advocating for mental health awareness, counselling and training with Moner School, an online platform dedicated to mental health.
As part of its annual goalkeepers campaign, the foundation also announced the winners of three additional Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards.
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, former United Nations Under-Secretary-General, has been announced as one of the three winners of the 2021 Global Goalkeeper Award.
“By shining a light on the pandemic’s disproportionate impact on women and girls, former Under-Secretary-General Mlambo-Ngcuka has ensured that global and local efforts to battle Covid-19 must take into account the acute disparities they face,” said Melinda French Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
“She exemplifies the leadership we need in the fight for gender equality around the world.”
Other winners were founder of Action for Justice and Human Rights Satta Sheriff, who received progress award, and co-founder of Tierra Grata Jenifer Colpas, who received campaign award in Global Goals 2021.
"These award winners show how women are leading the way in coming up with innovative solutions needed to rebuild our communities and nations," said Mark Suzman, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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