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The Women Creating Change Award was held in 2009 by Rosa to recognise women who are creating change for the better and working to help women to achieve equality.

The winner of the Award was:

Emma and Abi Moore of PinkStinks, the campaign to challenge the ‘culture of pink’ which invades every area of girls’ lives. Emma and Abi believe that girls are being set narrow and damaging boundaries within which they will grow up, providing an unrealistic and mediocre notion of what it is to be a girl. The campaign focuses on providing positive female role models based on achievement, skills and successes.   

The Women Creating Change Award was part of the Sheila McKechnie Awards, an annual awards programme which recognises the outstanding contribution that a new generation of campaigners are making towards achieving social, environmental and economic justice both in the UK and abroad.

The award provided PinkStinks with a bespoke package of support specific to their campaign issue, including one-to-one coaching sessions, advice on parliamentary and media tactics, residential training with other winners, shadowing opportunities and mentoring from senior campaigners.

To find out more about the campaign, visit www.pinkstinks.co.uk