Monika Hauser
Monika Hauser was born in Thal, Switzerland. She studied medicine in Innsbruck, Austria, going onto specialise in gynaecology. In 1993, in response to the mass rape of women during the Bosnian War, Hauser and a team of twenty Bosnian psychologists and doctors opened a women's therapy centre in Zenica. This evolved into Medica Mondiale, an international women's rights organisation of which Hauser remains executive member of the board. In 2008, her service was honoured with a Right Livelihood Award, and, in 2012, she was awarded the Council of Europe's North–South Prize.