Prince Charles Awarded Global Empowerment Award 2009
(21 May 2009)

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales was last night awarded the Global Empowerment Award 2009, presented by Caspian Publishing in association with Aviva Plc. Prince Charles was presented the award by the programme's founder, Indian born author and entrepreneur Pinky Lilani OBE, in recognition of his work empowering disadvantaged communities and individuals around the world. Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall were attending the tenth Asian Women of Achievement (AWA) Awards ceremony in London last night (20 May 2009). The AWA Awards celebrate the contribution of Asian women to British life in the media, business, the arts, politics and the voluntary sector.

In her tribute to the The Prince of Wales, Pinky Lilani said, "More perhaps than anyone in Britain today, His Royal Highness has created opportunity and changed lives. Across the range of his activities, his dedication to the most disadvantaged in our society runs deep. He has personally founded 18 charitable organisations and across his group of not-for-profit enterprises, some £119m is raised annually in support of opportunity and enterprise. The most shining example is, of course, the Prince's Trust which, since its creation in 1976, has helped more than 600,000 young people to transform their own futures."

The Global Empowerment Award was created to acknowledge an individual whose vision inspires economic and social progress across the world. The award honours the work of a remarkable individual who exemplifies outstanding leadership, responsibility and courage; a person who has contributed to inspiring other to champion progress and success.

Indra Nooyi - Global Empowerment Award Winner 2008

In 2008, the inaugural award was presented to Indra Nooyi, global chief executive of Pepsi Co, in recognition of her inspiration to women leaders across the world. Such leaders will play a central role in the spreading of economic wealth, and the empowerment of other women across the globe. The Global Empowerment Award 2008 ceremony was held in London at the conclusion of the inaugural Women of the Future Economic Empowerment Summit. The presentation was made by Louella Eastman of Aviva Plc.

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