Four people and organizations working on human rights, women’s equality and responsible technology have received the 2026 Right Livelihood Award, an international prize announced in Stockholm.

The recipients include Pakistani lawyer Jalila Haider, Ethiopian-born artificial intelligence researcher Timnit Gebru, the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association and the Rural Women’s Assembly, a network of small-scale farmers across Southern Africa. The Associated Press reported that the award’s organizers selected them from 200 nominations spanning 72 countries.

Haider represents vulnerable communities facing state repression, ethnic violence and discrimination against women. The award foundation said her legal work and community advocacy have helped thousands, including more than 600 activists and human-rights defenders seeking to regain freedom to travel.

The Rural Women’s Assembly includes more than 178,000 farmers in 11 countries. The foundation says members maintain seed-saving sites and document local varieties. The Georgian legal group, founded by volunteer lawyers in 1994, has worked on civil rights and legal reforms. Gebru, who founded the Distributed AI Research Institute, studies how concentrated corporate power and AI systems affect communities.

The award, established in 1980, recognizes work toward a more just and peaceful world. Its 2026 recipients span individual legal and technology work as well as collective organizing by lawyers and farmers.

Source reporting: Associated Press and the Right Livelihood Foundation.