Monika Hauser

Hauser spent her youth in the Swiss village of Thal, Saint Gallen, in German-speaking Switzerland, before continuing her medical studies in Innsbruck, Austria.

[4] At the conclusion of her medical studies, Hauser moved to Cologne, where she began working on behalf of female victims of violence in warzones.

[4] In 2017, Hauser joined Sima Samar, Gino Strada, Ran Goldstein, and Denis Mukwege in signing an open letter published by The Lancet, in which they called on incoming Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom to focus on sexual and gender-based violence.

[9] Hauser received the Right Livelihood Award in 2008 and – together with Asma Jahangir – the North-South Prize of the Council of Europe in 2012 for her work with female victims of violence in conflict zones.

[1] In addition, she is the recipient of the following honors: In 1996, Hauser turned down the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in protest against the government's policy of forced repatriation of Bosnian refugees.