Lidia Grafova – Russian Federation

She is one of the 1000 women proposed fort the Nobel Peace Price 2005.

She says: “I am where pain is.”

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Lidia Grafova – Russian Federation

She works for the Forum pieriesielienchieskikh organizatsyi (FPO)

Lidia Grafova, a Moscow journalist, has been active in providing help to forced migrants since the ethnic conflict in Azerbaijan triggered a wave of refugees.

She heads the NGO Forum pieriesielienchieskikh organizatsyi (Forum of Migrants’ Organizations), cooperating with a wide range of international organizations in the same field. She also directs the news agency Migratsiya, which advocates for migrants’ rights by informing the public. She often travels to Chechen refugee camps in the Caucasus and regularly visits Beslan to provide psychological assistance to the victims of terrorism.(Read all on 1000peacewomen). Sorry, I can not reach other information in english about Lidia Grafova.