Nominations open: "OFFICIAL" FWR Women of the Year Awards 2021

[WarOnWoman]

Following on from last year's successful awards I welcome you to the "OFFICIAL" FWR's Women of the Year Award 2021 nominations.

These were the guidelines set out by @ErrolTheDragon last year:

*No fictional women
*Women valued for something more than appearance or entertainment value
*Can (should?) include women who we don't all agree with or necessarily admire (my addition - but most of us would)
My addition: goes without saying women=adult human female.

It could include:

A) FWR heroes, some of whom won't be widely known.
B) women who you might expect to see a women of the year list in a serious newspaper. If they might figure in a 'people of the year' list or, women of the year list.

All category winners will be announced on 31 December.

Please nominate women in the categories and, if you have time, say why you admire them.

Just to be absolutely clear, these categories are ones I came up with last year (after asking ErrolTheDragon). You may or may not agree with them. Please add another category if you think the list needs it and add your nomination.

Academic of the Year
Tireless Campaigner
Freedom of Speech
International
Law, Policy & Politics
Law, Policy & Politics (Scotland)
Science, Medicine and Health
Writing and Journalism
Media and Entertainment
Courage Calls to Courage Award - For Outstanding Courage

The overall winner will be the woman who gets the most votes.

FWR WOMAN OF THE YEAR 2021 – tba on 31 December (last year's overall Winner was Keira Bell)

PS Sorry for typos etc.

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Lady Justice Rose, appointed in 2021 to the Supreme Court, in the Law category please.

Freedom of speech...jk Rowling

JKR for courage calls to courage

Kathleen Stock for academic
Helen Joyce for writer

Baroness Nichol- Law/Policy/Politics

Marrion Millar - courage calls to courage
Joanna Cherry- law, policy, politics Scotland
For Woman Scotland - All of them- Tireless campaigner

*Nicholson sorry. Going from twitter handle

Health - Professor Linda Bauld

Emma B for journalism, that interview with Nancy.

Academic: Dr Jessica Taylor

(I think she's an academic, isn't she? I'm not, can you tell [blush)

Courage Calls To Courage: Birdy Rose (aka The Famous Artist Birdy Rose) who has tirelessly and artistically made her point over and over despite it alienating her from a lot of her social circle and causing her loads of shit!

I feel like there should be some sort of Own Goal category, kind of like the Darwin Awards, for someone who has accidentally done our work for us...

Tireless campaigner - has to be Maya or Keira. Such such important cases. And I'm not taking anything away from Joanne, but these are women with normal lives and livelihoods who have taken the first difficult step that we can all follow.

For me, Keira has not just dealt with the backlash of her case, but also the trauma of destransitioning. For me, the pressure heaped on her young shoulders makes her my heroine of the year.

Julia Hartley Brewer. Journalism or Media. Tough, intelligent, knowledgeable and regardless of whether you agree with her or not, extremely admirable imo.

What does FWR mean ?
My nominations are
JKR for courage calls to courage

JKR and Kathleen stock for courage.

Emma Barnet for journalism with Janice Turner and Helen Joyce

Karen Ingalia Smith for campaigning

Sarah Gilbert for health, and also every woman working on the frontline in health and social care which has been completely relentless for the two years. And who are facing yet another unforgiving tsunami of shit in the weeks ahead.

Jess de Wahls - Freedom of Speech

Academic of the Year Kathleen Scott
Tireless Campaigner Nik Williams FPFW
Freedom of Speech Maya Forstater
International Senator Claire Chandler
Law, Policy & Politics Allison Bailey
Law, Policy & Politics (Scotland) Joanna Cherry
Science, Medicine and Health Emma Nicolson
Writing and Journalism Janice Williams
Media and Entertainment Julia Hartley-Brewer
Courage Calls to Courage Award - For Outstanding Courage JKRowling 💪

Sorry should be Science, Medicine and Health Emma Hilton

Also voting for JKR for courage calls to courage. Her reach is huge and I hope that the backlash she still receives and the conflict it causes in her younger fans ("I'm supposed to hate her but she created these characters I grew with and identified with") has an upside in forcing them to question the narrative and think critically about what is happening, what the agenda is and who is controlling it.

Outstanding Courage... all the Women of Afghanistan, both those who escaped, and those who are having to live under the new regime.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on writing and journalism!

So many wonderful women to choose from:

Writing and Journalism:
Janice Turner of the Times
Helen Joyce for Trans

Tireless Campaigner: Stephanie Davies-Arai (Transgender Trend) for persistent determined campaigning.
Maya Forstater - she continues to analyse, challenge and move the debates and the law on.

Courage calls - JKR - she persisted.

Might be good to have a campaigning group award? We have so many wonderful groups out there.

Courage Calls to Courage Award - For Outstanding Courage - JKR for me