Mr. Achmat's decision, which was not known to the public until last year, when journalists began to ask why he was so sick, has gripped a country disillusioned with its all-too-human leadership.
Inaugurated in 2003, the award intends to recognise human rights leadership and the fight against dictatorships, crimes against humanity, torture, repression and censorship.
Every month, Proscovia and Lindy bring women from Busia together to participate in the Leading Ladies Club, a series of empowering workshops on human rights, leadership development, entrepreneurship, networking, and much more.
He graduated from Washington University in St . Louisand received a master's degree in global human resources leadership from Rutgers.
American human rights leadership has been undermined by the government's unwillingness to subject itself to the standards it applies to others.
The citation described her as "a true example of courageous and effective human rights leadership", but Ms Morcos is quick to point out that other women are also doing a lot of work behind the scenes.
He seemed to embody the best aspects of the tradition: self-deprecating humor; boundless enthusiasm for every variety of human experience; leadership worn very lightly; a capacity for enormously hard work; and a grinning appreciation of life's tragedies.
He wants to recruit the best talent in the world, and has established Arcelor Mittal University in a grand old building in Luxembourg to help him do that.He is measuring the firm against the world's most admired companies GE on human resources, leadership and purchasing, Royal Dutch Shell on IT.
We're all just human, and leadership can be lonely.
