Catégorie : 1000 women Peace Nobel 2005

Linked with International Association for Women in Radio and Television IAWRT, and with Statement made by IAWRT.

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

She says: « Human life and freedom are the most valuable things in the world ».

She says also: « Corruption, bad economic conditions, poverty are the main causes for the rise in trafficking in human beings and organs in the Republic of Moldova. I am just trying to find out and to tell what is happening to people who have become victims of human trafficking. They are young girls, babies, orphans and other poor people without possibilities for a secure life and without good opportunities » … and: « However, traffickers of kidneys have not been punished, so our attention is still on the topic ».

Alina Radu – Moldavia

She works for the International Association for Women in Radio and Television IAWRT, for the Moldovan Association of Independent TV Journalists (named on IFEX), and for the Network of Investigative Reporters from South Eastern Europe.

Alina Radu is an award-winning investigative journalist and the director of the independent investigative newspaper Ziarul de Garda (The Guard newspaper). Through her research and reporting, she has been instrumental in bringing to light trafficking in human beings and organs, which is becoming a major problem in the Republic of Moldova.

She has also assisted women victims of trafficking and pays great attention to the rights of women and children in her reports. She has gathered documentation on trafficking for the Council of Europe.

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Linked with Women of the Don Union.

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

She says: « ‘Forgive me for this war’. Lyudmila often said these words in Chechnya. Once she heard: ‘And you forgive us too’. Only then did she realize that she had done what she could ».

She says also: .

Lyudmila Pavlichenko – Russian Federation

She works for the Kavkazsky Forum / Caucasian Forum, and for Soyuz Zhenshchin Dona / Union of Women of the Don …
in english: on this page of the Women’s Information Network.

Lyudmila Pavlichenko was born in 1949, in the Rostov Region. Since 1996, she has been actively involved in the activities of the NGO Union of Women of the Don (SZD). She also participated in the projects Women’s Rights, Public Social Reception Offices, Dagestan – the Peacekeeping Center, and others. Since 1998, she has been a coordinator of the international organization Kavkazsky Forum (Caucasian Forum), and she has organized a lot of humanitarian projects in Chechnya and the whole of the Caucasian region trying to promote peace and reconciliation.

Chechnya has been engulfed in a bitter war since 1994. Shocked by what she saw in Chechnya, Lyudmila Pavlichenko does what she can to stop the armed conflict.

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Linked with Lobby für Menschenrechte e.V., with TERRE DES FEMMES e.V., and with Computer as a place of violence.

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

She says: « I believe in the flap of a butterfly’s wings: the flap of a single butterfly’s wings in China through a process of build-up can cause a hurricane in Texas » … and: « Some colleagues have long ago given up the fight as lost. I have not ».

She says also:

Ihr Buch: MONIKA GERSTENDÖRFER, ‘Der verlorene Kampf um die Wörter’, Opferfeindliche Sprache bei sexualisierter Gewalt, ein Plädoyer für eine angemessenere Sprachführung, (auf ihrer Homepage). Siehe auch ihr Kontaktformular.

Monika Gerstendörfer – Germany

She works for Lobby für Menschenrechte e.V.

The human rights expert and psychologist Monika Gerstendörfer (47) does invaluable educational work on the dangers of sexual violence in Germany. The co-founder and director of Lobby für Menschenrechte (Lobby for Human Rights Association) has significantly changed attitudes towards violence against women and children.

She has done very useful networking among numerous associations, initiatives, criminal police, journalists, and parliamentarians. Born in Wittenberg, she now lives in Baden- Württemberg.

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

She says: « I am the daughter of an indigenous native and a Spaniard. We, the indigenous people, have a mandate: to bury our dead so that they can rest in peace. And peace shall be with us ».

She says also: « Something can always be done. But we have to be united in order to be able to do a lot ».

Olga del Valle Márquez de Arédez – Argentina

She works for the Missing Persons of the Department of Ledesma.

Olga Márquez was born in Tucumán, a province of Northern Argentina. She married and lived with her husband in Jujuy, a neighboring province. Then, he ‘was disappeared’, by the repressive forces of the Argentinean military dictatorship (1976-1983).

Olga organized the resistance movement in Jujuy. Along with the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, she was in the vanguard of the fight for truth and justice, which was essential for bringing down the dictators.A handkerchief, a placard with a photo and great heart ache, those are lethal weapons used against the dictators of Argentina, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico .

They are used by the mothers. Nothing or nobody can stop them in their fight for justice, for dignity and the right to live in freedom. They make claims on behalf of their dear, departed ones. Olga Márquez de Arédez is one of the mothers.

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

She says: « A drop of water easily evaporates, yet gains everlasting energy when embraced by the sea. I am willing to be a drop of water so as to make contributions to the peace and health of all human beings ».

She says also: « A drop of water can easily evaporate, although it gains everlasting energy once it is embraced by the sea. I am willing to be a drop of water in the vast sea to make contributions to the peace and health of all human beings ».

Wenqing Zhang – China

She works in Taiyuan Central Hospital.

In 2003 Wenqing Zhang volunteered to work in the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) wards, staying there for two months. In April 2004 she was promoted to head nurse of the gastroenterology department. Her nursing service to over 3,000 people, spanning more than 17 years, has won her love and respect.

The kind, good-looking, good-humored head nurse is Zhang Wenqing, 35 years old. Since the day of graduation from medical school in Taiyuan, she has cared for patients tirelessly, day after day, for over 17 years. Her ideals of devotion to life, healing the wounded and saving the dying have made her determined to devote herself to the medical and nursing work that she loves.

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Linked with The Casa de Cultura da Mulher Negra CCMN, and with Violência doméstica, Mulher Negra.

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

She says: « Afro-Brazilian women, they produce the show and take credit for the direction ».

She says also: « In 1990, when we created the House of Culture of the Afro-Brazilian Woman, there was resistance regarding the name. The oppositionists asked: Why Afro-Brazilian women ».

Alzira Rufino – BrazilShe works for the Casa de Cultura da Mulher Negra CCMN, (the House of Culture of the Afro-Brazilian Woman).

Alzira Rufino (1950) is the founder and director of the House of Culture of the Afro-Brazilian Woman CCMN, which has its headquarters in the city of Santos, in the State of São Paulo.

Her life and her social work are references for the feminists and for the Afro-Brazilian female organizations.

In 1992, she received the title of ‘Honorable Citizen of the city of Santos’.

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Linked with The Center for Peace Education, and with The Miriam College.

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

Loreta Navarro-Castro (born 1948) is one of the pioneers of peace education research in the Philippines and founded the Center for Peace Education, based at Miriam College in Manila. Aside from being coordinator of the PEN, Loreta is the secretary of the Philippine Council for Peace and Global Education, a member of the Executive Committee of Pax Christi International and the International Advisory Committee of the Global Campaign for Peace Education based in New York City. She is also an active member of several Asian and international associations involved with peace studies and research.

She says: « We may not see the results in our lifetime, but we must go on believing that someday that critical mass will be reached and more meaningful change will happen ».

Sorry, I can not find any photo of Loreta Navarro-Castro, Philippines (see also my comment ‘Brave women without photos‘).

She works for the Center for Peace Education CPE (named on pilipina peacenet.com), and for the Miriam College.

She says also: « Some of our students have not seen a tribal minority, or a Muslim. Through the twinning project, they exchange letters with the Muslim students at Rajah Muda and realize that they have so much in common with one another! When you put a face to a name, it will really break down the barriers ».

And she says: « You have to gather data as a basis for your actions. Research means getting the right information, gathering it, analyzing it and communicating it to others. You also have to be connected with those other groups doing this, so that you will not be educating in a vacuum. This is what makes peace education an important field of work ».

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

She says: « I would like to tell the women inmates and the policewomen in the prisons that we should be self-confident, self-respecting, and hopeful about the future ».

Se says also: « Women are weak in many aspects. Many inmates in our prison had turned to destruction as a way to rebel against the injustices of the society. I think that Inmates with better understanding of the laws are able to protect their own rights and to protect themselves ».

Yue Chen – China

She works as a policewoman in the Women’s Prison of the city of Jianyang, Sichuan Province.

Chen Yue is a Communist Youth League member. On one occasion she fought against armed robbers and, along with her younger brother, sustained injuries. The public’s initial indifference to their plight is what led Chen Yue to understand the importance of human compassion and work as a policewoman with women prisoners.

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Linked with Liberian Women’s Initiative LWI, with Women in Peacebuilding Program WIPNET, and with Mano River Women’s Peace Network MARWOPNET.

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

She says: « We are not waiting for you to take up arms for our cause, but at least to hear on the BBC or receive letters of encouragement saying, we recognize ourselves in you ».

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Sorry, I can not find any photo of Mary Brownell, Liberia (see also my comment ‘Brave women without photos‘).

She works for the Liberian Women’s Initiative LWI (named on the Human Rightds Databank),
for the Women in Peacebuilding Network WIPNET (named on WANEP.org),
and for the Mano River Women’s Peace Network MARWOPNET.

Mary Brownell, chairperson of LWI and founding member of MARWOPNET was born in Maryland, Liberia, holds a degree from the University of Liberia and studied school administration and supervision in San Francisco. When war broke out in Liberia she transformed women’s engagement from humanitarian aid to active peace building and also managed to involve civil society in a process that was pivotal to success.

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Linked with The Salesian Sisters.

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

She says: « The East Timorese have to start from zero. They have to build their freedom into reality. They must take it one step at a time. Within time, progress will come about ».

She says also: « I always wanted to serve the people. It was the highest goal in my life. I was ready since the beginning ».

And she says: « I love my work; I still visit East Timor regularly. As long as I can serve the people, I am very happy to work anywhere ». Paola declared that her greatest joy is being able to meet with the children she guided over the past 16 years. Sharing her reasons for enduring the work. I received cultural inputs and felt more patient. The work makes me understand people more. I learned a lot from the East Timorese. The fact is, I take more from them and I should have given them more. I still need to give them more ».

Sorry, I can not find any photo of Sr. Paola Battagliola, Italy (see also my comment ‘Brave women without photos‘).

She works for the Salesian Sisters.

Sister Paola Battagliola (born 1952) is a dedicated missionary from Italy. She moved to East Timor in 1988 and set up two orphanages and a vocational training school for young girls in remote villages of Los Palos. Ever since, she has helped hundreds of East Timorese children attain better education and shelter in a volatile environment until the 1999 catastrophe. She now resides in Jakarta, as a Superior of a Salesian Sisters’ School for East Timorese future young sisters.

Sr. Paola was raised and educated in Brescia, Italy. « I am the oldest in my family. Our father is a carpenter and mother worked in a factory ». Little Paola was raised within a Catholic environment and religious atmosphere. She felt summoned to work for God.

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