Divine award targets women

To celebrate the achievements of women, Fairtrade confectionery company Divine Chocolate is joining up with ethical jewellers Ingle & Rhode to launch the first ever Divine Women Awards.

Divine Chocolate and Ingle & Rhode is inviting public nominations in a search to find the most Divine Woman in the UK, between the 8th of March and 8th of April 2011.

They have enlisted the help of ethical-campaigner Livia Firth to help select a winner. Divine says, “Everyday, women everywhere in the UK make real and lasting positive changes in their communities, yet they are so often taken for granted. Divine Women are those who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to make a difference in people’s lives and now it’s time to give them the recognition they deserve.”

The ultimate winner will be awarded a prize of a bespoke pendant worth over £1,000, made with Fairtrade and Fairmined 18 carat gold from Ingle & Rhode.

Livia Firth says her Divine Women would be “The novelist Clare Sambrook, who launched the very successful campaign against child detention last year, Esme Peach, for working with Clare and for work on creating and running the EQUALs campaign, and Maya Foa, the wonderful campaigner for Reprieve.”