The Sudanese Emergency Response Rooms network received the Right Livelihood Award on Wednesday for its efforts in delivering aid in conflict-ridden Sudan.
The Foundation for the Right Livelihood Award in Sweden also recognized advocates from Myanmar, the Pacific Islands, and Taiwan.
The winners of 2025 stood out for their efforts in combating climate change, false information, and both military and political violence. They were selected from 159 candidates across 67 countries this year.
With the increase of authoritarianism and division around the world, the 2025 Right Livelihood Laureates are taking a different path: one based on collective efforts, strength, and democracy to build a sustainable future for everyone,The Stockholm-based organization commented on the recipients.
The Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan are a grassroots effort that originated from resistance committees active during the 2019 Sudanese uprising.
The network has played a key role in delivering assistance to regions that many global organizations are unable to access.
It“has becomethe core of the nation’s aid effortsduring conflict, migration, and governmental breakdown,The foundation’s chief executive officer, Ole von Uexküll, stated.
The youth-led organisationStudents from the Pacific Islands Combating Climate Changeand Julian Aguon also received the awardfor bringing the demand for climate justice to the world’s top court, transforming survival into a rights issue and climate action into a legal obligation.
Justice for Myanmar has been recognizedfor their bravery and innovative investigative techniques in revealing and diminishing the global backing for Myanmar’s corrupt military.A secret group of activists is striving to reveal the financial system and international corporate involvement that supports the military regime, Right Livelihood stated.
Audrey Tang of Taiwan received the awardfor promoting the social application of digital technology to enable citizens, revitalize democracy, and bridge divisions.Tang is aa civic hacker and technologist who modifies systems for the benefit of society,the organisation said.
The yearly Right Livelihood Award was established in 1980 in Sweden and is referred to as the alternative Nobel Prize.
Previous winners include a Swedish climate activistGreta Thunberg, Kenyan environmental activistPhyllis Omidoand Congolese gynecologistDenis Mukwege.
