Clarice Gargard was nominated by Amade M’charek for her hope-inspiring work as a TV and newspaper journalist, writer, filmmaker, and activist. Based in the Netherlands, Gargard has published a memoir (Drakendochter, Dragon’s Daughter, 2019) and produced an award-winning documentary about the Liberian civil wars and her father, who worked alongside dictator Charles Taylor (Daddy and the Warlord, 2019). That same year, she also gave a speech on women’s rights and the importance of systemic change as the Dutch women’s representative at the United Nations General Assembly. Aside from her work as a TV presenter and editor, she has also contributed to Vogue, Vice, South African 702 Talk Radio, de Correspondent, Vrij Nederland and Afropunk, and writes a biweekly column for Dutch newspaper NRC, often tackling thorny issues of social (in)justice, resistance and racism. Together with Hasna El Maroudi, Gargard is the co-founder of the feminist multimedia platform Lilith.
