The World’s Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child was founded in 2000 and is run by the World's Children's Prize Foundation (WCPF), based in Mariefred, Sweden.
The WCPF is a non-profit organisation, independent of all political and religious affiliation, and run with support from bodies including the Swedish Postcode Lottery and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.
Patrons of the World's Children's Prize include Malala Yousafzai, the late Nelson Mandela from South Africa, Democracy Champion, and Freedom Fighter Xanana Gusmão, from East Timor. Its patrons also include Queen Silvia of Sweden, Graça Machel and Desmond Tutu. Artists Loreen and Vusi "The Voice" Mahlasele are also patrons.
Since the launch of the program in 2000, more than 55 Prize Laureates have been awarded the World's Children's Prize.[1]
| Year | Award type | Nominee | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Anne Frank (posthumously) | |||
| 2000 | Honorary Award | Hector Pieterson (posthumously) | South Africa | |
| 2000 | Honorary Award | Iqbal Masih (posthumously) | ||
| 2001 | Asfaw Yemiru | Ethiopia | ||
| 2001 | Honorary Award | Barefoot College (Bunker Roy) | India | |
| 2001 | Honorary Award | The Children's Peace Movement | Colombia | |
| 2002 | Casa Alianza | South America | ||
| 2002 | Maiti Nepal (Anuradha Koirala) | Nepal | ||
| 2003 | James Aguer Alic | South Sudan | ||
| 2003 | Maggy Barankitse | Burundi | ||
| 2003 | Pastoral das Crianças | Brazil | ||
| 2004 | Honorary Award | Emani Davis | United States | |
| 2004 | Paul and Mercy Baskar | India | ||
| 2004 | Prateep Ungsongtham Hata | Thailand | ||
| 2005 | Dunga Mothers | Kenya | ||
| 2005 | Nelson Mandela | South Africa | ||
| 2005 | Nkosi Johnson (posthumously) | South Africa | ||
| 2006 | AOCM | Rwanda | ||
| 2006 | Craig Kielburger | Canada | ||
| 2006 | Honorary Award | Ana María Marañon de Bohorquez | Bolivia | |
| 2006 | Jetsun Pema | India (Tibet) | ||
| 2007 | Betty Makoni | Zimbabwe | ||
| 2007 | Honorary Award | Cynthia Maung | Thailand, Burma, Myanmar | |
| 2007 | Honorary Award | Inderjit Khurana | India | |
| 2008 | Agnes Stevens | United States | ||
| 2008 | Honorary Award | Josefina Condori | Peru | |
| 2008 | Somaly Mam | Cambodia | ||
| 2009 | World's Children's Prize Decade Child Rights Hero | Graça Machel | South Africa | |
| 2011 | Cecilia Flores-Oebanda | Philippines | ||
| 2011 | Monira Rahman | Bangladesh | ||
| 2011 | Murhabazi Namegebe, D.R. | Congo | ||
| 2012 | Anna Mollel | Tanzania | ||
| 2012 | Ann Skelton | South Africa | ||
| 2012 | Sakena Yacoobi | Afghanistan | ||
| 2013 | James Kofi Annan | Ghana | ||
| 2013 | Honorary Award | Kimmie Weeks | Liberia | |
| 2013 | Honorary Award | Sompop Jantraka | Thailand | |
| 2014 | Indira Ranamagar | Nepal | ||
| 2014 | John Wood | United States | ||
| 2014 | Malala Yousafzai | Pakistan | ||
| 2015 | Javier Stauring | United States | ||
| 2015 | Kailash Satyarthi | India | ||
| 2015 | Prateep Ungsongtham Hata | Thailand | ||
| 2017 | Manuel Rodrigues | Guinea Bissau | ||
| 2017 | Molly Melching | Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia | ||
| 2017 | Rosi Gollmann | India and Bangladesh | ||
| 2018 | Gabriel Mejía Montoya | Colombia | ||
| 2018 | Rachel Lloyd | United States | ||
| 2018 | Einar | Romania | ||
| 2019 | Ashok Dayalchand | India | ||
| 2019 | Honorary Award | Spès Nihangaza | Burundi | |
| 2019 | Honorary Award | Guylande Mésadieu | Haiti |
The World's Children's Prize Foundation is regulated by Svensk Insamlingskontroll (Swedish Fundraising Control), which monitors charitable fundraising.