To:                         All NFA members

From:                    GWI Headquarters

Subject:                Chitra Ghosh Award for outstanding women

Dear GWI members,

Graduate Women International (GWI) is pleased to announce that the Chitra Ghosh Award for outstanding women will be awarded at the 32^nd GWI General Assembly in Cape Town, South Africa in August 2016. The award will be offered to a member of a national federation or association (NFA) (or any branch thereof) of GWI and must be the recipient must be a graduate of a recognised university. A citation and a cash prize of $1000 seed money will be donated by Prof Chitra Ghosh, Past President GWI.

The awardee must have contributed to the development/betterment of the association to which she belongs and preference will be given to a candidate who has designed and has executed or is involved in an ongoing project of her NFA that promotes empowerment of members of her NFA or of a group of women or girls in her society. Details of the project and the candidate’s involvement should be provided.

Please see the attached application form for more information.

We invite all federation and association members to apply, using the form attached. Please fill in and return the form memcom@gwi.graduatewomen.org by July 30.

Best regards,

GWI Office

GWI is in special consultative status with ECOSOC and is an NGO maintaining official relations with UNESCO.