Former Chile President Michelle Bachelet Receives Indira Gandhi Peace Award

Michelle Bachelet, the former president of Chile, has not only won the 2024 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament, and Development, a prestigious award, but also the lifetime achievements she has made in human rights, gender equality, and international collaboration. The award is named after Indira Gandhi, the late Chilean president, and given by Sonia Gandhi to mark the historic achievements of Bachelet, both as the first female president of Chile and as the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights and the inaugural director of UN Women. Her strong message of resilience, unity, and multilateralism is supported by her leadership, which is driven by personal experiences of exile and injustice.

The Indira Gandhi Peace Prize: A Symbol of Global Impact

• In 1985, the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust created the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.
• Since 1986, it has been awarded each year.
• Parliamentarians for Global Action were the first recipients of it in nuclear disarmament.
• The last (2024) winner is Michelle Bachelet, the former President of Chile.
• The award acknowledges inventive attempts to promote international peace and disarmament, economic co-operation, and a new international economic order, developing countries, and scientific development to serve mankind.
• The award will be in the form of 10 million rupees (or foreign currency equivalent), a trophy, and a citation.
• The trophy is crafted of banded haematite jasper and has a miniature portrait of Indira Gandhi and a box made of rosewood with silver edges.
• The awardee is chosen year by year by a jury of 5–9 outstanding persons nominated by the Trust.

Conclusion

The awarding of the Indira Gandhi Peace Award to President Michelle Bachelet highlights how much she has devoted her life to justice, human rights, and world peace. The honour is her way to celebrate her outstanding leadership – achieving gender equality and fighting in favour of the vulnerable groups across the world. The values that have been in the long run are evident in the work of Bachelet, who encourages countries to strive to achieve peace, compassion, and inclusive development.