Archive record reviewed 22 August 2026.
By Aneeta Prem MBE
On 7 September 2016, the Evening Standard included me in its Progress 1000 list of influential Londoners, within the Equality Champions section.
The newspaper identified me as a human-rights campaigner and referred to my work as a magistrate, my work through Freedom Charity, my books But It’s Not Fair and Cut Flowers, and my father’s work supporting girls’ education in India.
Why this page is retained
This is a public-record entry rather than a current ranking claim. The value of the page is that the recognition can be independently checked in the newspaper’s own archive.
The Progress 1000 brought together people from public life, equality, politics, culture, business and civic leadership. For me, the most meaningful part of being included was the category itself: Equality Champions.
My work before and since has centred on practical human rights — safeguarding children from forced marriage and FGM, education, public service and helping people whose voices are easily overlooked.
A note on historical wording
The Evening Standard article is an independent third-party source and uses the wording it chose in 2016. Aneeta.com’s current biographical record uses the verified wording that I co-founded Freedom Charity with Lord Toby Harris in 2009.
Keeping that distinction visible is important. An archive should preserve the fact of recognition without allowing older third-party wording to create confusion about the present public record.
