Auteur/autrice : Heidi Barathieu-Brun

Linked with The Sisters in Islam SIS, with TAM – The American Muslim, with Women’s learning partnership, and with Sisters in Islam’s battle.

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

She says: « I want to live in a society that celebrates our plurality, our differences, our diversity and sees that as a blessing instead of a threat ».

She says also: (I am) … « trying to reconcile the teachings of Islam with human rights principles. It’s a work in progress … It’s very gratifying when people tell us, ‘If not for you, we would think that Islam is such a terrible religion, it is because of your work that we think that there is hope in Islam’, that Islam actually stands for justice, for equality ».

And she adds: « There are plenty of decent people out there who feel this way, it is time for us [moderate Muslims] to reclaim the religion from those who have hijacked it to perpetrate violence ».

She is SIS’ executive director and founding member. Read her text of 1997: modern and moderate Islam. The same is also on AsiaWeek.

Zainah Anwar – Malaysia

She works for The Sisters In Islam SIS (promotes women’s rights within Islam).

Read: Portraits of ordinary Muslims: Malaysia.

With a group of women, Zainah Anwar wanted to find out if it was true that Islam discriminates against women. Turning to the Koran, they found that it advocates justice, equality, dignity and freedom. So they set up Sisters in Islam (SIS) which promotes women’s rights within Islam.

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

She says: « We believe that the science of learning covers both science and learning ».

Lucie Cheng – Taiwan

She works for the College of Journalism and Communications at Shixin University.

Lucie Cheng is publisher of both Li Newspaper and Pots, dean of the College of Journalism and Communications at Shixin University, president of Bibliography Literature Publishing Inc, and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. She served Chinese workers in Chinatown in the USA before she returned to Taiwan to inherit the Li Newspaper from her father. She opened the Social Development Research Institute at Shixin University and has promoted a series of alternative multimedia courses. She has been active in social and women’s movements for 30 years. (Read all on 1000peacewomen).

Sorry, I can not get other information in english about Lucie Cheng, being certified it would be the wanted person.

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

She says: « It is an honor to be able to speak up, for all of us ».

Kun Lei – Taiwan

She works for the Collevtive of Sex Workers and Supporters (Coswas).

Lei Kun (a pseudonym) began her transformative journey from sex worker to sex worker activist in 1997, when the Taipei City government decided to abolish licensed prostitution and declared its more than 120 licensed prostitutes illegal. She has transformed sex work into social movement activism. (Read all on 1000peacewomen).

Sorry, I can not get other information in english about Kun Lei, being certified it would be the wanted person.

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

It is said about her: « Huang is the most outstanding representative of women workers in the Taiwan autonomous trade union since the lifting of martial law in 1987 ».

Chiu Hsiang Huang – Taiwan, she must be one of the two women in the first line.

Huang Chiu Hsiang was born in a tea farmers’ family in the deep mountains of Hsin Chu County. Since 1987, she has been a key trade union leader and is a founding member of the Workers Party and the Labor Party. She has excellent communication and networking skills. She is committed to fighting gender discrimination, sexual harassment and violations of women workers’ rights in factories and within trade unions, and opposing legal amendments to reduce protection of women workers. (Read all on 1000peacewomen).

Sorry, I can not get other information in english about Chiu Hsiang Huang, being certified it would be the wanted person.

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

She says: « Both a successful therapy case and successful social action rely on the power of the persons involved to struggle against life’s limitations. ‘Struggle’ is necessary, it takes different forms ».

Lin Ching Hsia – Taiwan

She works for the Department of Applied Psychology, Fu-Jen Catholic University.

After studying overseas, Hsia Lin Ching brought new ideas to Taiwan, a country which had suffered from severe political suppression. Today, she works with sex workers and on community adult education, as well as on capacity building and social awareness among young people. She is professor in the Department of Applied Psychology, Fu-Jen Catholic University, and director of Lu Di Community University, Taipei Province.(Read all on 1000peacewomen).

Sorry, I can not get other information in english about Lin Ching Hsia, being certified it would be the wanted person.

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

She says: « My story is nothing. The spirit of those times is very important. I often think about how suffering can make humanity shine. »

Chin Yu Hsu – Taiwan

She works for the Gu Jinliang Cultural Foundation.

Hsu Chin Yu grew up in Taiwan during the period of the Japanese colonization. In the White Terror period in the 1950s, when many intellectuals, workers and peasants were charged as spies, communist bandits and traitors, she entered a reading club, and took part in the labor movement. Later she was arrested and imprisoned for 15 years, which changed her life. (Read all on 1000peacewomen).

Sorry, I can not get other information in english about Chin Yu Hsu, being certified it would be the wanted person.

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

She says: « If we treasure human dignity and value life, we must take action now and make a choice to transform and resist the present forces that deny life and destroy community ».

Lo Sai « Rose » Wu – China, Hong Kong SAR

She works for the Hong Kong Christian Institute (Hkci), and for the Civil Human Rights Front (Chrf).

Rose Wu Lo Sai (54) works in the field of community development. She has brought civil and community concerns to the Church since the 80s. An educator, feminist and Christian social activist, Rose is founder and leader of several NGOs that work for gender equity, social justice, political and civil rights and against poverty. She was convener of the Civil Human Rights Front in 2002-04, an alliance of NGOs instrumental in organizing the rally on 1 July 2003 when over 500,000 people took to the streets to protest against government bureaucracy and the controversial draft National Security Bill. A devoted feminist and Christian social activist, Rose (54) began her community service as an educator.

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

She says: « I shall not stand aloof from the peasants and the transient migrant workers and give instructions about what is to be done. I shall be one with them ».

Ling Zhao – China

She works for the Peasants’ Children – China Rural Development and Promotion Association, Beijing Normal University.

Zhao Ling was born in 1980 and is now president of the Peasants’ Children – China Rural Development and Promotion Association in Beijing Normal University. For many years she has been concerned about the education of migrant workers’ children. She organizes educational activities for these children, and conducts surveys of college students aimed at supporting peasants. Her actions inspire many college students to be concerned about agriculture, rural areas and peasants, as well as the conditions of migrant workers from the countryside. Such activities have now spread throughout the country. Zhao Ling is an only child whose family belongs to Chongqing City in Sichuan Province. Before she entered college, Zhao Ling led a fairly sheltered life under her parents’ protection, and her attitude to life reflected the privileged existence she had led. She knew nothing, for example, about how crops were grown or harvested, she couldn’t tell the difference between two types of grain, and had probably never noticed the scent of flowers and the singing of birds. She was allowed to do nothing but study. Thus her childhood and teenage years were, as she described it, as dim and depressed as the rainy weather in Chongqing city.

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