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Nirantar has won the prestigious King Sejong Prize for Khabar Lahariya, its rural newspaper project run by Dalit and tribal women in UP. The prize also recognises Nirantar's 'well-structured method of training newly literate women as journalists and democratizing information production provides an easily replicated model of transformative education.'

This year’s prize is an affirmation of Nirantar’s work with Dalit, rural women on issues of literacy and information creation. The UNESCO International Literacy Prizes are awarded every year on 8th September in recognition of excellence and innovation in literacy throughout the world.

Read more at http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46200&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html 

or see press coverage at

http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/detail/79438.html

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/17769/after-un-award-rural-indian.html

http://hindi.webdunia.com/samayik/bbchindi/bbchindi/0908/07/1090807155_1.htm

http://www.thehindu.com/2009/08/06/stories/2009080657660700.htm

http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2009/09/20099882935561705.html