The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health is the 2007 recipient of the $100,000 Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Award. NLIRH was selected for its leadership efforts to ensure the fundamental human right to reproductive health for Latinas, their families and communities. The Award, initiated in 1998, is designed to strengthen and sustain key organizations working to advance social justice. NLIRH is the 22nd recipient of the Noyes Award.
Founded in 1994, NLIRH places reproductive health rights within a broader social justice framework that seeks to bring an end to poverty and discrimination and affirms human dignity and the right to self-determination. NLIRH engages in public education, policy advocacy and community mobilization to protect and advance reproductive justice.
“We are extremely honored and grateful for this award. It will help us continue to influence policy, organize a diverse constituency, and ensure that Latina leadership and perspectives are front and center in the reproductive justice movement” said Silvia Henriquez, NLIRH’s executive director. “The Noyes Award will help with our sustainability, providing resources to open a satellite office in Washington, DC, strengthen donor cultivation and expand organizing efforts in Texas.
“We are particularly happy to have selected a strong women’s rights organization in the year of our 60th anniversary,” said Victor De Luca, president of the Noyes Foundation. “Jessie Smith Noyes was an advocate for women and girls in the early 1900s with the YWCA of Brooklyn. She would be proud to see the Foundation honor an important organization like the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, which works across the nation to improve the lives of women and their families.”
Previous recipients of Noyes Awards are:
- Appalachian Sustainable Development
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Center for Rural Affairs
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Environmental Health Coalition
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Federation of Southern Cooperatives
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HIV Law Project
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Idaho Women’s Network
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Indigenous Environmental Network
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Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
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Kentucky Coalition
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National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture
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National Network of Abortion Funds
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National Organizers Alliance
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Native American Women’s Health Education Resource Center
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New York City Environmental Justice Alliance
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Northwest Women’s Law Center
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Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA
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Rural Coalition
- South Providence Development Corporation
- Southern Echo
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SouthWest Organizing Project
- White Earth Land Recovery Project
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