1999

Naseem Shah began a campaign to free her mother, Zoora Shah, who was convicted in 1992 for the murder of her abusive partner and pimp and sentenced to life imprisonment. “I won’t stop until the day [my mother] comes home,” Naseem says.

Franki’s work was originally aimed at helping young women who were sexually abused and homeless, but they eventually came to focus on aiding young women in prison and in street prostitution.

Nominees

  • Diana Butler

  • Efna Graham

  • Hannana Siddiqui

  • Indira Patel OBE

  • Liz Kelly

  • Patricia Holmes

  • Ruth Bundy

  • Sandra McNeill

  • Prakcash

  • Warrington Women’s Group