The “Chance for Life” award has been founded by the Minister without Portfolio for Family Affairs

The award is granted to 8 individuals each year in recognition of their outstanding work in the field of protection of human dignity, the fight against domestic violence and trafficking in human beings. Its first handover will take place on 25 November 2021, on occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The recipients will be awarded a medal and a one-time cash prize of HUF 500,000 (equal to approx. EUR 1 400).

Detailed rules of the newly-founded recognition are set out in the Decree of the Minister without Portfolio for Family Affairs published in the Hungarian Gazette No. 2021/81.