Catégorie : 1000 women Peace Nobel 2005

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

She says: « The ultimate goal of peace education is the formation of responsible, committed, and caring citizens who have integrated the values into everyday life and acquired the skills to advocate for them ».

She says also: « The conceptual core of peace education is violence, it’s control, reduction, and elimination. The conceptual core of human rights education is human dignity, its recognition, fulfillment, and universalization. As I have argued elsewhere, human rights is most readily adaptable to the study of positive peace, the social, political and economic conditions most likely to provide the environment and process for social cohesion and non-violent conflict resolution. It is the contention of this essay that education for peace should be primarily perscriptive, and that human rights offers the most appropriate route through which to move from problem to prescription in all the various approaches to peace education. Positive peace, conceptualized by the peace research community to extend the definition of peace beyond the limitation avoidance or absence of war to include issues of justice, poverty, and freedom, is the concept of peace that is the foundational principle of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The inextricable relationship between human rights and peace is articulated in the very first sentence of the Preamble to the Declaration, …recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice, and peace in the world. » Since the core and seminal document for all current standards of human rights, to which all members of the United Nations are assumed to assent, acknowledges this principle, surely education for peace should also do so. Certainly, both peace researchers and activists and human rights scholars and advocates can agree that violence in all its forms is terms an assault on human dignity ». (See on pdhre.org).

Betty A. Reardon – USA

Books: Comprehensive Peace Education, Educating for Global Responsibility (Paperback), Sexism and the War System (Paperback).

She works for the Peace Education Center at Teachers College (Columbia University, and the Hague Appeal for Peace Global Campaign for Peace Education.

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Linked with The Case of Shiyeyi in Botswana, with The Kamanakao Association, and with Africa and Poverty.

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

She says: ”There is great potential to revive the language. If the middle aged, who are the majority in the workshops, can gain a sense of self-worthy as Wayeyi and begin to speak the language to their children, the language can survive. The starting point is self-discovery and appreciation of ones language and culture ». (Literacy online).

Lydia’s struggle is genuine; she has approached it with a great sense of responsibility, patience, dedication, and selflessness. She is determined to achieve equality and unity through peaceful means.

Lydia Nyati-Ramahobo – Botswana

She works as a co-founder of the Kamanakao Association, a pressure group for the linguistic and cultural rights of Wayeyi tribe. She organises workshops to collect data on the language, for a preliminary draft orthography. Lydia Nyati-Ramahobo (48) was born in Botswana. She obtained her Masters’ and PhD degrees in Applied Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania. She is associate professor and dean at the Faculty of Education at the University of Botswana. She is co-founder of the Kamanakao Association, a pressure group for the linguistic and cultural rights of the Wayeyi tribe. She is also founder of Reteng, a multicultural coalition of Botswana people. Through her efforts, the government of Botswana set up a committee to review all laws that discriminate against non-Tswanas.

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

She says: “Why are resolutions in favor of peace, so very obvious for every mother, not adopted by the majority power-wielding men? ».

She says also: « More than 40% of small businesses in Russia today are run by women … The numbers of women in management positions in business are growing, while numbers of men are stagnating. But our research shows women’s salaries remain lower; on average women earn 63% of what men earn ». (See on CSmonitor).

And she says: « We have a few women celebrities, who dominate TV talks shows, but there is still no real women’smovement in Russia. That must grow from below, not be imposed from above ». (See on UStoday).

Tatiana Chertoritskaya – Russian Federation

She works for the Sotsyal-Democratichiesky Kongress Zhenshchin (Sdkz), and
the Institute of Social Sciences Russian Union of Writers.

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She is one of the 1000 women proposed for the Nobel Peace Price 2005.She says: « Never rest as long as there are people in society facing hardship and despair! »

Nada Alfy Thabet – Egypt

She works for the Village of Hope (VoH), and for the Presbyterian Evangelical Church (PEC).

Nadat Thabet is married and has two sons (24 and 26), one of whom has severe learning difficulties. She works in advocacy for the rights of people with learning difficulties through a network of 22 societies and NGOs working in the field. She has called for health insurance, a pension from birth and the issuing of identity cards. Her work raises awareness of societal prejudices and legal inequities in order to improve conditions for people with learning difficulties in Egypt.

She works in advocacy for the rights of people with learning difficulties through a network of twenty-two societies and NGOs working in the field. She has been calling for health insurance, a pension from birth and the issuing of identity cards. She works on the national level with the National Council for the Mother and Childhood and with the Arab Council for Childhood and Development.

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Linked with the International Center on Conflict and Negotiation – Georgia.

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

She says: « My true desire is to live in such a way as to feel proud of having accomplished my duty to my people and my children ».Nino Burjanadze played an important role in the Rose Revolution.

She recalls: “One of the most remarkable and unforgettable episodes of my life, perhaps, will be the memory of our entry into the building of Parliament during the Rose Revolution, where the representatives of the government party were declaring themselves winners of the rigged elections of 2 November 2003 and were preparing for the plenary session. It was a crossroad between the old and the new. It was the end of the past, of the economically weak and disintegrated Georgia and the starting point for building a strong, united and European country. The drive, motivation, unanimity and determination of thousands of people participating in the meeting was really amazing”. (See in the text on 1000peacewomen).

Nino Burjanadze – Georgia

She works for the Parliament of Georgia.

Read: The Company “British Petroleum” has temporarily suspended the transportation of oil via Baku-Supsa pipeline. (The Georgian Times, Nov. 10, 2006).

Nino Burjanadze is the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia. A well-known scholar, lawyer, and human rights protector, she was the first woman in Georgia to become a speaker of parliament. For many years before that, she led human rights and law commissions at the national and international level. Nino Burjanadze is famous as a leader and an example of peaceful conflict resolution during the Rose Revolution in 2003, the most important moment in developing and modernizing Georgia.

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

She says: « We have to start looking at the world through women’s eyes. How are human rights, peace, and development defined from the perspective of the lives of women? »

She says also: « Feminism is an entire world view or gestalt, not just a laundry list of women’s issues ».

And she says: « Framing violence against women as a human rights issue has helped to make various forms of such violence more visible and added to the perception of the seriousness of the problem. For example, by showing how domestic violence often parallels other forms of violation seen as unacceptable, like torture, or that rape in armed conflict can constitute a war crime has increased the pressure that these issues be taken onto local, national, and global agendas ». (Read the whole interview on Women’s Human Rights.net).

Read: ‘UN new report says, Violence against Women is a Human Rights Violation‘.

Charlotte Bunch – USA

She works for the Center for Women’s Global Leadership, for Human Rights Watch (women), and for International Council on Human Rights Policy. And on the Boards of the Global Fund for Women.

Charlotte Bunch, founder and executive director of the Center for Women’s Global Leadership, has been an activist, author, and organizer in women’s and human rights movements for more than three decades.

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

She says: “The methodology of active public education, with a deep understanding and respect for Shona and Ndebele cultures, has benefited the program”.

She says also: « I became an activist early on in my life because of the discrimination and abuse of women that I witnessed growing up ».

Netsai Mushonga – Zimbabwe

She works for the Fellowship of Reconciliation Zimbabwe (For/z).

Netsai Mushonga was born in 1969 in Bindura, Zimbabwe. She is a media coordinator of Women’s Coalition and a member of the International Committee of International Fellowship. In 1995, Netsai worked as a social worker for Danhiko, an NGO providing education and job training for young people with disabilities. In 1996, Netsai joined the Fellowship of Reconciliation in Zimbabwe, and in 1997 she started the women peacemakers program of For/z. She secured funding to raise awareness within churches on the need to confront gender violence. Netsai was born when Zimbabwe was struggling for independence. At the time hopes for a free and self-reliant country Zimbabwe were at the top of the agenda of the new democracy. The political situation has since deteriorated. There are many problems ranging from shortage of food, petrol and decline in the economic and value of the currency.

Netsai began her work for democracy and against gender violence after studying at the University of Zimbabwe. She has contributed to raising awareness of the problem of domestic violence and violence against women in general in Zimbabwe. She has published an advisory booklet for the church community on violence against women and is now rehabilitating survivors so that they can continue with their life.

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

She says: “I cannot imagine life without commitment to a cause”.

Nicole Magloire – Haiti

Graduate of the Puerto Príncipe Medical Faculty in Haiti, Doctor Nicole Magloire has dedicated her life to women’s health. In the 1960s, she was committed to the opposition against the dictatorship of Duvalier. Since then, she has been involved in the fight for women’s sexual and reproductive rights and, aside that, for the support of women victims of domestic and political violence. (Read all on 1000peacewomen).

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

She says: “Very soon, I understood that I could not be happy being far away from the people who were suffering. For me, the most important thing is being near the humblest people in my country”.

Beatriz Benzano Seré – Uruguay

She works for ‘Dawn of New Paris Group–Women for a Dignified Life’.

As a Dominican nun, Beatriz Benzano knew the suffering of the marginalized populations of Montevideo, Buenos Aires and Santiago. She left her order and joined the legendary Tupamaros movement, until she was captured, tortured and confined to prison for four years. She returned to Uruguay, from her exile in France, to organize the group Dawn of New Paris–Women for a Dignified Life, helping people living on the streets and families whose lives had been destroyed by unemployment. She particularly dedicated her work to the aid and defense of abandoned women.(Read all on 1000peacewomen).

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

She says: « A defining moment in my life: we two – the oldest member of Parliament, from a very traditional village and me, the youngest member and a female, walking into Parliament together holding hands ».

She writes also: « … My most ardent wish is that by 2015, despite missed deadlines thus far, we will have achieved the set goals. Our sub-region of small island states is working hard to hold up our art of the sky through collaborative efforts … « (Read all on page 153 of ’60 women write … ‘, an UNESCO pdf-text).

Fiame Naomi Mataafa – Samoa

She works for the Samoa Young Women’s Christian Association YWCA, the National Council of Women, and the Inailau Women’s Leadership Network IWLN.

For over 30 years, Fiame Mataafa has worked on, and been a role model for, promoting and advocating socio-economic and political equality for women and girls in Samoa, through her NGO involvements and her role as politician and Minister of Education. The mentoring of young women leaders is a specific focus, as is a community education program focusing on literacy and business skills training for people with special needs, a first of its kind for Samoa. She effectively bridges and mediates modern and customary faaSamoa (Samoan way of life) ways for herself and for Samoan women and girls. (Read all on 1000peacewomen).

Fiame Naomi Mata’afa is a Samoan high chief and politician. She is a Member of Parliament (HRPP) for the constituency of Lotofaga.

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