Other Awards:
- "Best Feature Documentary" 59th Southern California Journalism Awards 2017 - The awards are issued by the Los Angeles Press Club. The contest was judged by journalists at press clubs across the nation, including the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Judges' comment: "In a searing exploration of the sexual exploitation and trafficking of women worldwide, journalist Chelo Alvarez-Stehle also documents her own relatives' sexual abuse, as well as herself, as they work through their efforts at coping and healing. A moving, poignant documentary of women learning to deal with the physiological and psychological stresses of abuse."
- "Women Struggles and Rights Award" - Porto Femme International Film Festival 2018, Porto, Portugal, under its Portuguese title "Arenas de Silêncio, Olas de Valor".
On December 20, 2022 Chelo Alvarez-Stehle received the Equality Prize 'Teresa León Goyri - City of Logroño" . The award of the City of Logroño bears the name of the Logroño feminist writer and scriptwriter of Spain's generation of 27, Teresa León Goyri, one of the hat-less women, who lived in exile after the civil war. It is a tribute and recognition of her social commitment and her literary work.
Chelo Álvarez-Stehle has been recognized for her "outstanding career as a journalist, writer, filmmaker and activist in defense of women's rights and, especially, in her fight against sexual violence and trafficking".
The jury highlighted her documentary film Sands of Silence: Waves of Courage.