Binalakshmi Nepram has won Reach All Women in WAR (RAW in WAR) Anna Politkovskaya Award.
Binalakshmi is a rights activist supporting women survivors of violence in northeast India.
Binlakashmi shares the award with Svetlana Alexievich - an investigative journalist and writer from Belarus.
The award recognised the women's bravery in speaking out and defying "injustice, violence and extremism.
The award marks the 12th anniversary of the killing of Politkovskaya, a Russian investigative reporter who uncovered state corruption and rights abuses, especially in Chechnya.