Rebecca Gomperts, founder of Women on Waves received the "Women of the year 2001" award from MS. Magazine in the US for Hatching a heroic and ingenious plan to provide reproductive health services around the world.
She received the award together with:
- Barbara Lee
- Jane Fonda
- Venus and Serena Williams
- Naomi Klein
- Marleine Bastien
- Michelle Yeoh
- Sylvia Rhone
- Magda Escobar
- Roberta Riley and Jennifer Erickson
- Yoko Ono
- Afghan Women
- September 11 heroes Kathy Mazza, Yamel Merino and Moira Smith.


