# Perdita Huston

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'''Perdita Constance Huston''' (May 2, 1936 – December 4, 2001) was an American [journalist](/source/journalist) and [women's rights](/source/women's_rights) activist. She is commemorated by the international '''Perdita Huston Human Rights Award'''.

Born in [Portland, Maine](/source/Portland%2C_Maine), Huston studied in France and later worked in Africa. She was director of public affairs for [TIME](/source/TIME) magazine in French-speaking countries, and in 1978 became a Regional Director of the [Peace Corps](/source/Peace_Corps). Her first book "Message from the Village" was also published in 1978.

She later worked for the World Conservation Union ([IUCN](/source/IUCN)) in Switzerland and at the International Planned Parenthood Federation ([IPPF](/source/International_Planned_Parenthood_Federation)) in London and acted as consultant with [UNDP](/source/UNDP), [UNIFEM](/source/UNIFEM), [UNFPA](/source/UNFPA) and [UNICEF](/source/UNICEF). From 1997, she returned to work for the Peace Corps as a Country Director in Mali and then Bulgaria.

The Perdita Huston Human Rights Award<ref>''Perdita Huston award for Prajwala founder'', The Hindu, May 17, 2006 accessed at [https://web.archive.org/web/20070313140953/http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/17/stories/2006051725700400.htm] Oct 20, 2006</ref> is supported by the [Washington D.C.](/source/Washington_D.C.) chapter of the [United Nations Association of the United States of America](/source/United_Nations_Association_of_the_United_States_of_America). 
The awardees include 
2003 - [Sima Samar](/source/Sima_Samar)
2004 - Madame Fatumata Traore
2005 - Ms. Ranjana Gaur
2006 - [Sunitha Krishnan](/source/Sunitha_Krishnan)
2007 - Zipporah Sein, Bishnu Pariyar, and [Samar Minallah](/source/Samar_Minallah)
2011- [Zainab Salbi](/source/Zainab_Salbi)

==Books==
* ''Message from the Village'', Epoch B Foundation, 1978 {{ISBN|0-931730-01-5}}
* ''Third World Women Speak Out'', Praeger Publishers, 1979 ASIN B000GWIA8Q
* ''The Right to Choose'', Earthscan Publications, 1992 {{ISBN|1-85383-123-9}}
* ''Motherhood by Choice: Pioneers in Women's Health and Family Planning'', The Feminist Press 1992 {{ISBN|1-55861-069-3}}
* ''Families As We Are'', The Feminist Press, 2001 {{ISBN|1-55861-250-5}} - see also [https://web.archive.org/web/20060813090428/http://www.familiesasweare.com/]

==Further reading==
* ''Biography - Huston, Perdita Constance (1936-2001)'' - A digital article from: ''Contemporary Authors'', Thomson Gale, 2006

==Notes==
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==External links==
* [http://www.unanca.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=413:perdita-huston-bio&catid=94:una-]
* [https://archive.today/20121215040141/http://www.une.edu/mwwc/research/featuredwriters/phustoncollectionvisual.cfm Archived papers, Maine Women Writers Collection, University of New England]

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