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2017.08.19 19:58

2017 아시아 게임체인저상 시상식(11/1)

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2017 Asia Game Changer Awards & Gala Dinner
November 1, 2017  United Nations, New York City

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On August 8, 2017, Asia Society announced this year's recipients of the Asia Game Changer Awards, which recognize those making a transformative and positive difference for the future of Asia and the world. Asia Society is proud to partner with Citi to honor these extraordinary individuals and organizations, continuing a tradition begun with the inauguration of the Asia Game Changer Awards four years ago.

This year’s nine honorees include a young woman using rap music to fight a trauma in Afghanistan, a trailblazing CEO changing urban life in China, a Hollywood star building bridges between India and the world, and an environmentalist placing his life on the line to stop deforestation in his native country. His Highness the Aga Khan, spiritual leader to the world’s 15 million Ismaili Muslims, will receive the Asia Game Changer Lifetime Achievement Award.

Honorees are nominated and selected by members of Asia Society’s global network.

MEET THE AWARDEES

The Aga Khan The Aga Khan
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: For using philanthropy to lift millions of Asia’s most vulnerable

Sonita Alizadeh Sonita Alizadeh
For using rap music to empower the girls of Afghanistan

Jean Liu
For revolutionizing transportation in China

Aisholpan Nurgaiv - The Eagle Huntress Aisholpan Nurgaiv
For breaking gender barriers at a remarkably young age

Leng Ouch
For risking his life to expose an environmental calamity

Dev Patel
For using celebrity to place a spotlight on India’s poor

Sesame Workshop
For proving that learning can be fun ? and have a profound impact ? anywhere in the world

Wu Tong
For showing that musical virtuosity knows no bounds

Tadashi Yanai
For building a global retail empire that gives back to local communities