Belgian politician Joëlle Milquet named Eggerickx one of the ' 100 exceptional women ' , ( 100 Uitzonderlijke Vrouwen ) , having " co-written and shaped the history of equality between women and men . " In 2016 Eggerickx was given the Distinguished Services to Humanism Award by Andrew Copson for her work " nine years as president of the IHEU and ... many decades of ground-breaking work in secular education and ethics . " Following the Charlie Hebdo shooting , Eggerickx , in her role as president of the IHEU , worked to promote a campaign against blasphemy laws in which the IHEU and the European Humanist Federation aim to support organisations involved in the defence of free speech , against persecution in countries with religious minorities and those working against punitive blasphemy laws . She has also spoken out against the treatment of prisoners of conscience as a result of blasphemy laws such as Raif Badawi and Asif Mohiuddin , calling Badawi 's treatment " sickening " and a " gratuitous , violent sentence , " and suggested laws which prevent criticism of religious institutions " is one reason why sexual abuse in the Catholic Church persisted so long . " Eggerickx has an interest in featuring and raising the profile of women within the Humanist movement . In 2012 she travelled to India to the Gora and Saraswathi Gora Atheist International Research Centre in Vijayawada and paid tribute to Saraswathi Gora 's contribution to the atheist movement in India , saying , Eggerickx has been vocal in condemning anti-gay laws and discrimination throughout the world . She has also spoken out publicly against Sharia law and supported the '' One law for all '' campaign against Sharia law in the United Kingdom , launched at the House of Lords , London , in 2008 . Eggerickx was also involved in launching '' The Freedom of Thought Report '' , published annually since 2012 on International Human Rights Day , which examines the treatment of non-religious people , atheists and freethinkers across the member states of the United Nations
Charlie Hebdo shooting
Charlie Hebdo shooting
Sonja Eggerickx