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Sarah Brown was honored at the Women's Charity Influence Award for her campaigning work to educate more children around the world.
Action for Kids honored Mrs. Brown for her work at Theirworld, a charity she founded and whose purpose is to give children the best start in life.
The World also manages the Jennifer Brown Research Fund, created in memory of her first child with her husband Gordon.
Yvonne Greaves, Head of Women in Business at NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland & Ulster Bank; Sharon Moore MBE, government CTO at IBM; and Corinne Hutton.
Held at Glasgow's Grand Central Hotel this year, the event raised more than £ 1 million to support the work of this charity in Scotland.
Ms. Brown said, "I am very grateful to Action For Children Scotland for this honor and I promise to continue campaigning and advocating for girls, women and youth from here and around the world.
"All children deserve the right to realize their potential and to wait for a better future. It is deeply frustrating to realize that 600 million of them are denied the opportunity to be educated and acquire the skills they need for their professional and professional future. Not only is every child missing out, but the world lacks talent.
"If we could give all the girls in the world, we would do a lot to eliminate stereotypes and gender equality.
"Girls miss school when they are kept at home to take care of young children and help them with housework, or when they have to work to earn money for the family or when they are married very young.
"About 12 million girls are married each year and the tragedy is that in some areas like sub-Saharan Africa, we know that every year a girl goes to school, her future income increases by 10%.
"Educating girls gives us hope."
Sarah Brown has been recognized for her work with Theirworld (Martin Shields / PA)Holly Butler, researcher at the University of Strathclyde, won the Woman to Watch Award.
The annual event also honored 17-year-old North Lanarkshire girl from Coatbridge, Megan Boss, with the Inspirational Young Woman Award.
She cares for both parents and has received little help before committing to Action for Children.
Paul Carberry, director of Action for Children for Scotland, said: "I am very pleased that Megan has been rewarded for all her efforts with the Inspirational Young Woman Award.
"We are incredibly proud to see how she has progressed through her project and to see her now act as an ambbadador to other young caregivers at her school and in North Lanarkshire."
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