The Humanist Award is an award given by the Norwegian Humanist Association to an individual, group or organization that has contributed to the promotion of humanistic ideals and principles.
In March, Aleksandra, originally from Poland, read about Ukrainian victims of sexual assault in the Polish media and decided to send emergency contraception to women who had been raped and who were fleeing in Ukraine and Poland. She used her network and social media to spread the word about the initiative. Aleksandra received a lot of media attention in Norway, Poland, as well as internationally. She labelled packages of emergency contraception with a Ukrainian phrase that meant "To my Ukrainian sister."
The head of the Norwegian Humanist Association, Christian Lomsdalen, said the following about Aleksandra in his speech during the award ceremony for the Humanist Award: "She demonstrates a responsibility to her fellow human beings and responds to sexual assault with medicine, research, common sense and love."
Aleksandra is very focused on reducing the consequences of conflict that involves women and children. She says that what she does for Ukrainian women is an obvious consequence of being a feminist, mother and human being. In her acceptance speech, Aleksandra said that she wants to establish care homes for Ukrainian rape victims and their children so that children born out of a criminal act could live a full and dignified life. She also raises money for medicines for hospitals in Kamyanskoe, Ukraine.