Matilde Hidalgo Prize

Matilde Hidalgo Award
A golden medallion with an image of Matilde Hidalgo de Procel facing right in profile. To the left of the woman is the text "Matilde" then "Hidalgo"
Awarded forRecognition to people or institutions that have contributed to Science, Innovation and Technology, in Ecuador
Country
Presented by
  • Legislative Branch of Ecuador
  • Secretariat of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (SENESCYT)
  • Casa de la Cultura Benjamin Carrión
Reward(s)A medal, and a diploma
Dra. Matilde Hidalgo de Procel Medal
Awarded forAwarded to women who have excelled in political, cultural, educational, business, economic, scientific, labor, social or sports activities.
Presented byLegislative Branch of Ecuador

The Matilde Hidaldo de Prócel Medal is one of the highest distinctions awarded by the Ecuadorian legislative branch. Originally by the Ecuadorian National Congress now the National Assembly; it is awarded to outstanding women that have distinguished themselves in political, cultural, educational, business, economic, scientific research, social and sports activities.[1][2][3]

Matilde Hidalgo Award - Legislative Branch of Ecuador

Award Recipients

National Congress
Year Matilde Hidalgo de Prócel Medal Genre
2002 Aminta Buenaño[4] Literary Merit
2005 Sor Luisa Muñoz Sánchez[5] Social Merit
2007 Sonia Roca Educational Merit


National Assembly
Year Matilde Hidalgo de Prócel Medal Genre
2012 Isabel Noboa Business Merit
2013 Paulina Aulestia[6] Climbing Everest
2017 [7] Irina Bokova[8] Social Merit
Beatriz Parra Music
Las Tres Marías Music
Lidia Noboa Music
Jannet Alvarado Music
Rosy Revelo Visual Arts
Gina María Villacís Visual Arts
Eugenia Viteri Literature
Sara Vanegas Coveña Literature
Leonor Bravo Velásquez Literature
María Fernanda Restrepo Cinema
Mónica Vázquez Cinema
Karla Gachet Photography
2018 Laura Pausini[9] Music
Mirella Cesa[10] Music
Ada Yonath[11] Science
2019 Mónica Amboya [12] Sports
Diana Aguavil[13] Social Merit
2020 Jacqueline Costales[14][15] Literature

Matilde Hidalgo Award - Secretariat of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (SENESCYT)

The Matilde Hidalgo award is given to people or institutions that contribute to the development of higher education, science, technology and innovation in Ecuador.[16]

This award is given annually since 2016 by the Secretariat of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation.[17]

The award is given in two categories:[18] institutional and trajectory. There are 14 subcategories[19][20] amongst which can be found: academic excellence, community outreach, scientific production and scientific disclosure for Latin America and the world, researcher of the year, amongst others.[21][22]

Winners are considered by an external selection committee conformed by authorities of SENESCYT, the Council for Higher Education (CES) and the Council for Evaluation, Accreditation, and Quality Control for Higher Education (CEAACES).[23][24]

Matilde Hidalgo de Procel Award - Municipality of Machala

Since [25] the Municipality of Machala grants the Matilde Hidalgo de Procel award in homage to International Women's Day. It is awarded to those that have promoted development in favor of women from different roles, whether these be solcial reintegration, economics, migration, or discrimination. The municipality makes a call in which citizens may make applications and the winners are chosen by the Gender Equality Commission of the Municipality of Machala.[26]

Matilde Hidalgo de Procel Award - Municipality of the Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana (CCE Loja)

The Casa de la Cultura Benjamin Carrión Loja nucleus grants the Matilde Hidalgo de Procel award, it is the highest recognition that the Provincial Nucleus gives to woman from Loja who develop a significant cultural task in Loja and the country [27]

References

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  5. ^ "La miguelturreña Sor Luisa Muñoz, premiada en Ecuador". Ayuntamiento Miguelturra. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
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  8. ^ "Irina Bokova, Directora General de la UNESCO, reafirma el compromiso con el Ecuador en reunión con el Presidente Lenin Moreno". UNESCO. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
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  10. ^ "Personalidades e instituciones con las más altas distinciones de la Asamblea Nacional". El Universo. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  11. ^ "La Asamblea condecora a la israelí Ada Yonat, premio Nobel de Química". El Comercio. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
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  15. ^ "Homenaje al primer gesto democrático". Diario La Prensa. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
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  18. ^ "Premios Matilde Hidalgo, un reconocimiento a la excelencia académica".
  19. ^ "Investigadores en Medicina ganadores del premio Matilde Hidalgo".
  20. ^ "EPN GANÓ PREMIO "MATILDE HIDALGO"".
  21. ^ Diario El Telegráfo (19 January 2016). "15 personas fueron galardonadas con los Premios Matilde Hidalgo". Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  22. ^ "Docentes de la UArtes galardonados con el Premio Matilde Hidalgo". 16 January 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  23. ^ Diario El Telegráfo (16 February 2017). "Emprendedores, científicos y centros educativos fueron galardonados con los Premios Matilde Hidalgo". Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  24. ^ "Premios Matilde Hidalgo reconoce la labor de UTPL". 1 March 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  25. ^ "Machala creó el premio Matilde Hidalgo de Procel para reconocer el trabajo de la mujer".
  26. ^ "MUNICIPIO PREPARA ENTREGA PREMIO MATILDE HIDALGO DE PROCEL".
  27. ^ "Presea "Matilde Hidalgo de Procel" para María Gabriela Punín".