Archive · 21 Jan 2026
Graca Machel Wins 2025 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
Graca Machel, a famous activist from Mozambique, has won a big award called the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace.
She has spent her life helping people, especially children and women, by improving education, health, and making sure everyone has enough food.
She was a minister in her country and has worked with the United Nations to help people affected by wars.
She also started her own organizations to help women and children.
The award is given to people who work hard to make the world a better and fairer place.
Graca Machel, a Mozambican rights activist, has been awarded the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2025.
She is recognized for her work in education, health, nutrition, economic empowerment, and humanitarian efforts.
Machel served as Mozambique's first Minister of Education and Culture, significantly increasing school enrolment.
She led a UN study on the impact of armed conflict on children, which influenced global policies.
Machel founded the Graca Machel Trust and the Zizile Institute for Child Development, focusing on women's empowerment and child development.
- Who
- Graca Machel, a Mozambican rights activist, politician, and humanitarian
- What
- Awarded the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2025
- When
- Announced on January 21, 2025
- Where
- New Delhi, India
- Why
- For her path-breaking work in education, health, nutrition, economic empowerment, and humanitarian efforts under difficult circumstances
- Recipient
- Graca Machel
- Award
- Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2025
- Birth Date
- October 17, 1945
- Birth Place
- Rural Mozambique
- Key Roles
- Mozambique's first Minister of Education and Culture, UN Special Representative, Founder of Graca Machel Trust and Zizile Institute for Child Development
- Notable Works
- The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children (1996)
- Other Awards
- UN Nansen Refugee Award, WHO Gold Medal, Honorary Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
