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Lian Gogali receives the award for her courageous and determined commitment to interfaith dialogue and religious freedom in the conflict-torn region of Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Gogali started the Mosintuwu Institute for Women on her own porch. This institute started as a women's school for peace studies, training women victims of the Poso conflict to become peacemakers and drivers of change. After training, the women, from different ethnic and religious backgrounds, often choose to play an active role in their villages and society. The story of Gogali and the Mosintuwu Institute shows how one individual can make a difference and positively impact the lives of many.

Freedom of Worship Award
Lian Gogali
Lian Gogali

About presenter Jacobine Geel

Jacobine Geel: “It is a great honour for me to present this special award to Lian Gogali. Her commitment to trying to settle conflicts between groups with different religious backgrounds precisely through women really appeals to me.”

 

Speech Lian Gogali

Presenter

The Freedom of Worship Award was presented to Lian Gogali by Jacobine Geel.

Watch her speech

Jacobine Geel
Jacobine Geel

Other laureates from 2022

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International Four Freedoms Award

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Mai Khoi Do Nguyen
Mai Khoi Do Nguyen
Freedom of Speech Award

Mai Khoi Do Nguyen

Nice Nailantei Leng’ete
Nice Nailantei Leng’ete
Freedom from Want Award

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Unikuir
Freedom from Fear Award

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