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: “One, who loves, does not compete. Peace depends on the end of the social debt that the developed world has to human beings”.

And: “Without equality between men and women, there will be no peace”.

Rose Marie Muraro – Brazil

Rose Marie Muraro (born 1930) was one of the pioneers in Brazil’s feminist movement. All of her work is connected to the defense of human rights and women’s rights, a militancy that she began in the 1940s together with progressive segments of the Catholic church. All together, Muraro published 26 books, always with the purpose of giving women the power of speech, and promoting equality.

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

She says: “My films are deeply concerned with this life in which I also live. I can deeply sense how terrible it is for a collective to be without memory. I record the human condition of life in turbulence.”

Ying Ning – China

Ning Ying is a well-known film director born in Beijing. She has so far made five feature films and numerous documentaries. The “Beijing Trilogy” is well known for depicting disappearing traditional ways of life, the difficulty of coping with the new changes, and the anxieties of the new generation. Ning has also depicted urgent social issues and imbalanced development in China, such as HIV/Aids, trafficking of women, and street children. Ning Ying is a well-known film director. She was born in the 1950s, her parents were Beijing intellectuals. At the age of 22, in 1978, she was admitted as the first cohort of students to the Beijing Film Academy when university entrance examinations were resumed after the Cultural Revolution. Her classmates were some of the filmmakers now renowned as the “fifth generation” of Chinese filmmakers.

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Linked with NGO Forum on Cambodia, with The Khmer Rouge next at Trial, with DCA DanChurchAid Cambodia – the right to food, and with Thavrin THONG – Cambodia.

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

She says: « We hope that what we are doing is bringing about reform from the bottom, and that the concepts of democracy and transparency are instilled in the minds of people ».

And: “After these encounters I wanted to do something to rebuild my country. Cambodia then was isolated from the rest of the world. It had to start from an empty hand to rebuild the country after the long isolation from 1979 to 1991”.

And also: “I found that people were very strong and resourceful. I was amazed at the way they gathered themselves after the catastrophe to start a new life with little assistance. I was sad to see how little people had, and was angry at the system of resource distribution in our country. But I was hopeful”.

Boua Chanthou – Cambodia

She works for Partnership for Development in Kampuchea (Padek).

Boua Chanthou (born 1952) left Cambodia to go to school abroad in 1972. When she returned eight years later at the end of the civil war, her country was devastated and deserted. Boua decided to work for its reconstruction.

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Linked with the All-Russian Civil Congress.

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

She says: “My dream is to see the equal partnership of the state power and civil society in Russia”.

Lyudmila Alekseeva (born 1927) worked as a researcher at the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. As early as the 1950s, she participated in dissident activities. She helped the cause of political prisoners in the 1960s. In 1976, she became part of the human rights organization Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG). As a result of her activities, she was forced to emigrate to the US in 1977. In 1993, she returned to Russia where, as the head of the MHG, she helps to provide legal and human rights aid to citizens through a network of ‘legal clinics.’ (Read all on 1000peacewomen).

Lyudmila Alekseeva – Russian Federation

She works for the Moskovskaya Helsinskaya gruppa MHG, and for the Vsierossiysky grazhdansky kongress All-Russian Civil Congress.

Lyudmila Alekseeva is a historian and human rights activist. She graduated from the History Faculty of Moscow State University in 1950. Alekseeva was present at the birth of the human rights movement in Russia in the mid-1960s and helped found the Moscow Helsinki Group in 1976.

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Linked with the Hong Kong Association for the Survivors of Women Abuse Kwan Fook.

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

She says: « I am now 17 years old, because I started my new life 17 years ago when I left my ex-husband. My painful experiences turned into a driving force for me » .

Ngun Fung Liu – Hong Kong SAR

She works for the Hong Kong Association for the Survivors of Women Abuse Kwan Fook.

Liu Ngun Fung, born in 1949, is chairlady of the Hong Kong Association for the Survivors of Women Abuse (Kwan Fook), which advocates self/mutual-assistance. Having liberated herself from her husband’s violence, Liu provides services to the women in need as a counter to the patriarchal contempt of the female body and autonomy. She demands an improvement of various social policies, including those on welfare, housing and medicine, so as to build a better environment for the abused women and their children.The Hong Kong Association for the Survivors of Women Abuse (Kwan Fook) was established as an independent NGO in 1997. The organization’s aim is to bring together abused women to help each other to set up a new life. The Hong Kong Association for the Survivors of Women Abuse (Kwan Fook) does not apply the top-down management model.

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

She says: “Until now, all the products we consume have been polluting our water resources. It is done in the manufacturers’ interests, and consumers are unaware ».

Lan Hsiang Hsu – Taiwan

She works for the Wild Lily Farm (« Dawan » Farm).

While farming in Hsinchu county, Hsu Lan Hsiang found herself in the middle of terrible pollution from a biochemical plant. Together with local villagers, they had the plant close down. Later, they stopped the construction of a golf course. Through organic farming techniques and education, she helps farmers understand the importance of water and the environment. “Only when we get rid of all the pollutants, and people stop endangering the environment, will the earth be saved ». (Read all on 1000peacewomen).

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

She says: “We should prove that we are able, and live not only for ourselves but also for others…. I am a woman. And I am as good as my male counterparts”.

Dianmin Wang – China

She works for the Society for the Elderly in Wanglao Village (in chinese).

Wang Dianmin has been actively engaged in promoting the rights of her fellow villagers. She mobilizes villagers to learn government policies, laws and regulations, so that they are better equipped to protect their rights. She has also set up cultural performance groups and a society for the elderly to enrich people’s cultural life and to raise their organizing abilities. (Read all on 1000peacewomen).

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Linked with Experiencias de Mediacion Escolar en Gernika, and with Gernika Gogoratuz.

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

She says: « Peace is dignity, well-being, and beauty. These are concepts that must not be converted into poison ».

Mireia Uranga Arakistain – Spain

She works for the Gernika Gogoratuz Peace Research Center (see also their Homepage), and for the Indargi Center.

Mireia Uranga, born in Spain in 1966, is a peace educator who believes in dialogue and conflict mediation. She is an adviser at Gernika Gogoratuz Peace Research Center, an independent center that applies new strategies for the development of a culture of peace. Since 2003, Mireia has also been co-director of the Indargi Center (Strength and Light) and collaborates in international projects for the development of education for peace. She is part of the European Education as a member of the Peace Education group.

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Linked with Nang Charm Tong, with Khun Htun, with Naw Zipporrah Sein, and with Cynthia Maung.

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

She says: « War has created many problems. It brings immorality and poverty. The war must end and everybody should live in dignity ».

Paw Lu Lu – Burma

She works for Baan Plod-Phai (no english text on Google).

Paw Lu Lu was born in 1948 in Tongu, Burma. Although she only finished primary school, a friend trained her as a nurse when she went to live in Karen state. She fled to the Thai border when the repression in Burma worsened and has since been taking care of patients in the Sangklaburi district of Kanchanaburi province.

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Linked with Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom WILPF, and with Give Regional Cooperation a Chance.

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

Solange Fernex est une pacifiste et femme politique française, née en 1934 à Biederthal dans le Sundgau (Haut-Rhin), décédée le 11 septembre 2006. Suppléante du premier Français ayant proposé à des électeurs de voter écologiste au premier tour dans des législatives, pour Henri JENN, (32 ans à l’époque) dans une circonscription de Mulhouse en 1973. C’est elle qui mène la liste Europe-Ecologie aux première élections européennes en 1979. Cette liste obtint 4,39% des voix, totalisant 888 134 voix. En 1983, elle a participé au Jeûne pour la Vie, en jeûnant 40 jours à Paris pour le désarmement nucléaire. En 1984 elle participe à la fondation des Verts. Elle a reçu en 2001 un prix pour son engagement contre l’armement nucléaire, le Nuclear-Free Future Award (Lifetime Achievement). Présidente de la section française de la Ligue Internationale des Femmes pour la Paix et la Liberté, elle est membre du comité de parrainage de la Coordination française pour la Décennie de la culture de paix et de non-violence. (read more on wikipedia).

Death of Solange Fernex: The European Green Party pays her its most heartfelt homage, 13th September 2006.

She said: « A falling tree makes a lot of noise. But one cannot hear a forest germinate ».

Solange Fernex – France (1934 – 2006)

She works for the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom WILPF, for The Children of Chernobyl, and for the European Green Party.

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