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[[File:ErinPizzeyAward2014.png|200px|thumb|right|Erin Pizzey, in receipt of the inaugural award named after her.<br/> 27 June 2014.]]The [[Erin Pizzey]] Achievement award, is a life time achievement award named after [[Erin Pizzey]], the founder of the first domestic violence refuge in the world (1971). 


The Award recognises work in the field of gender equality, the promotion of human rights independent of sex. 


The Award specifically recognises those who has worked to ensure the equality and human rights of men in areas of law enforcement, government, academia, International governance, charity and general society where the negation of male human rights and the rights of fathers and children has occurred and is occurring. 


The award was inaugurated in 2014 at the first international conference on men's issues, Detroit (USA), with Erin Pizzey as the first recipient, 27 June 2014.

The award citation reads:

{{quotation|For a lifetime of achievement and dedication to shedding light on the bane of family violence.<br/><br/>

For the single-handed forging of the Women’s Shelter movement in 1971, and for conducting years of valuable research and education.<br/><br/>

For standing by the truth, alone and in the face of hatred, ignorance, and ideological corruption.<br/><br/>

For educating and inspiring so many to push forward with evidence-based advocacy, and for decades of unyielding compassion for those on the margins of a society led astray.<br/><br/>

For showing equal compassion for men and boys, and refusing ever to cooperate in demonizing them.<br/><br/>

For the continuing struggle to bring about changes desperately needed, ensuring domestic violence concerns are inclusive of men as well as women, and particularly children.<br/><br/>

For, against all odds, keeping the truth alive long enough to bring it to those who might listen and carry it forward.

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The award was embedded with two silver coins: on the front (obverse) is an image of a hand reaching for a drop as it splashed up from the surface of rippled waters: The reverse bears a quotation from Robert F  Kennedy:

{{quotation|Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.|Robert F. Kennedy|<br/>[http://www.webcitation.org/6TbDIlrmt The Day Of Affirmation Speech, University of Cape Town on June 6, 1966.]}}
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The award was designed and crafted by [http://www.webcitation.org/6TZFm5RYU Peter Vinczer, master jeweller and minter], and his son Attila Vinczer. 

Upon receiving the awarded Pizzey phlegmatically responded, "Okay, then all sit down … get on with your supper, and let me just say one thing: The fight goes on.".

==See also==
*[http://www.avoiceformen.com/allbulletins/minting-the-mens-movement  Minting the Men’s Movement]
*[http://www.avoiceformen.com/a-voice-for-men/awards-dinner-presentation-to-the-international-conference-on-mens-issues-2014/ Awards Dinner: Presentation to the International Conference on Men’s Issues 2014]