Given out yearly on International Women’s Day (March 8), it has
a special focus on supporting the work of young and emerging artists who explore the role of women and gender equality in
the context of the 21st century.
The award honors the legacy of Austrian-born Beate Sirota Gordon (1923-2012),
who helped draft Articles 14 and 24 of the new Japanese constitution after World War II, which gave women unprecedented rights
in marriage, family and society, and made Ms. Sirota Gordon a feminist heroine in Japan.
Project proposals can
be submitted until 21 January 2024 via
www.sirotaaward.atCONTACTThe Beate Sirota Gordon Award is a project by the Austrian Cultural Forum Tokyo.
Motoazabu 1-1-20,
Minato-ku,
Tokyo,
Japan, 106-0046
austrocult.jpTOKIO-KF@bmeia.gv.at