Catégorie : 1000 women Peace Nobel 2005

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

She says: « I have to live my life to the fullest. Others respect only those who respect themselves. »

Chunxia Li – China

Li Chunxia is a disabled worker from Xian, Shaanxi Province of China. She has been paraplegic since childhood. With the enthusiastic help of the others and her independent character, she had managed to complete schooling and to take up different jobs. Her life is exemplary for being able to raise her daughter – now a post-graduate student – on her own with a meager living and all kinds of hardships. Her independence is a living model to her daughter and to society. (Read all on 1000peacewomen).

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Linked with our presentations of the Klong Dan Local Conservation Group – Thailand, and of The Assembly of the Poor AOP – Thailand.

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

She says: « We must fight unwaveringly, audaciously, sincerely, with hope of nothing in return, and continue to take a clear and firm stand. There is nothing to be afraid of. »

Dawan Chantarahassadee – Thailand

She works for the Klong Dan Local Conservation Group

Dawan Chantarahassadee graduated from the Faculty of Political Science, Ramkamhaeng University, and is hailed as « an academic among commoners of Klong Dan ». After working in a private firm, she returned to her birthplace and with her husband opened a restaurant in the community where she traces her ancestry back three generations. The turning point in her life was in 1999 when she became involved in the campaign against the corrupt Klong Dan Waste Water Treatment Project in Samut Prakarn (Klong Dan), East of Bangkok. (Read this on 1000peacewomen).

Ecxerpt: … She has peacefully struggled for the rights of women to be ordained as female monks. She was ordained as a female monk in Sri Lanka two years ago … (Read on Angkor.com).

Read ‘People’s declaration to the ADB‘.

Read ‘articles on Environmental Activism & Conservation‘.

Read ‘too hot to handle‘.

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Linked with our presentation of The Eurasia Foundation, of the The Eurasia Foundation, and of the POLITICAL SITUATION IN UKRAINE., also of Magic Reasons for Prosperity.

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

She says: « Never bill for your personal time, and strive to accomplish all you started. »

Valentyna Dovzhenko – Ukraine

She works for the All-Ukrainian Charity Foundation of Hope and Good Will, and for the Union of Ukrainian Women, and also for Women for the Future.

Valentyna Dovzhenko (57) is actively engaged in public service work at national and international levels. Through governmental and non-governmental organizations, she focuses on developing strategies to resolve issues related to protecting the rights of women and children (UN Convention on the Rights of the Child), high risk groups (e.g. HIV/AIDS), poverty alleviation, violence and gender discrimination (UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women), and nonviolent conflict resolution.Valentyna Dovzhenko, 57 years old, was born in the town of Pyatykhatky, in the Dnepropetrovsk region of Ukraine. She is married and has an adult son.
Valentyna is actively engaged in public service work at both national and international levels. Through her positions on governmental and non-governmental committees and organizations, she focuses her energy on developing and effectively implementing national and United Nations (NGO) strategies to resolve issues related to numerous causes: protecting the rights of women and children (implementation of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child), and persons belonging to high risk groups (e.g. HIV/AIDS, substance abuse); poverty alleviation (humanitarian relief and social support of large and low-income families); fighting violence and gender discrimination (implementation of UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women); and assisting in nonviolent conflict resolution.

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

She says: « Full democracy requires the full participation of women. Your voices are vital. The word ‘vital’ means necessary for life. A democracy, to be fully alive, must include all its citizens. »

Swanee Hunt – USA

She works for the Women and Public Policy Program at the Harvard University.

See her personal website.

Read the article on Afghanistans women as leaders.

Swanee Hunt is helping to shape policies that affect women worldwide. As Ambassador in Vienna, she launched the Vital Voices Democracy Initiative and Conference, which united 320 international women leaders in business, law, and politics. The conference inspired Vital Voices of Northern Ireland, the Americas, the Baltics, Nordics, Russia, and others. Today, Vital Voices is a global partnership supporting women’s progress in building democracies, strong economies, and peace. Swanee Hunt has used her influence to connect with policymakers and dignitaries around the world. Continuer la lecture de « Swanee Hunt – USA »

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

She says: « Dialogue is the only way to end war and terror. We need practical solidarity with those who are weaker and diplomacy from below. »

Luisa Morgantini – Italy

She works for the European Parliament; and the Confederal Group of the European United Left, and also for the Women in Black.

Homepage of Luisa Morgantini (in italian).

Luisa Morgantini is a member of the European Parliament.

The leftist politician from northern Italy supports people in areas of tension. She makes every effort to see that conflicts are resolved through peaceful dialogue.

As a trade unionist she started more than 20 years ago to establish solidarity projects in South American and African countries. Since 1982, she has been working closely with Israeli and Palestinian peace initiatives, above all Women in Black, and has risked her life in peace missions. In Palestinian areas she demonstrated with the people against the Israeli occupation.

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Linked with our presentation of Fokupers – Timor East.

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

Maria Manuela works tirelessly for the social, economic, and political rights of women against a backdrop of patriarchy, immense poverty and national reconstruction in Timor-Leste.

Maria Manuela Perreira – Timor East

See the list of all East Timorese Grassroots Organisations & Networks (based within East Timor), Organisasi dan jaringan populer.

At age 18, Maria Manuela Perreira decided not to flee with her family to Portugal because she felt her life and commitment lay in East Timor. Since then, she has unwaveringly committed to the principles of equity, justice, and peace in a country that has experienced decades of oppression, conflict, and destruction. In a new era of independence and reconstruction, Maria Manuela shows outstanding vision and compassion as the director of a women’s organization that works tirelessly for the social, economic, and political rights of women against a backdrop of patriarchy and immense poverty.The second eldest of 11 children, Maria Manuela decided not to go with her family to Portugal in 1986 when they were fleeing Indonesian-occupied East Timor. She felt her life and responsibility lay in her home island. She returned there after studies in Yogyakarta and worked as a trainer at Bia Hula NGO, training communities in water and sanitation. She enjoyed the principles of community consultation and providing communities with the means to help themselves.

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Linked with our presentations of Managré Nooma – Burkina Faso, and of Dialog der Kulturen.

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

She says: « What is good is never in vain. All thoughtful women working under extreme conditions will confirm this thanks to their daily encouraging experiences. Indeed, what is good is never in vain. »

Katrin Rohde – Burkina Faso & Germany

She works for ‘Managré Nooma’, (What is good is never in vain).

Born 1948 in Hamburg, Germany, Katrin Rohde is recognized in the “country of the upright men” (Burkina Faso) for the foundation of an orphanage for boys in 1996, for girls in 1998, for a home for streetboys and for the foundation of an infirmary for people in need in 1997, for establishing a home for young HIV-infected mothers in 2002, and for producing short-films on the subject of unwed teenage mothers and trafficking of children. Katrin Rohde succeeded in giving a home to about 60 boys between the ages of six and eighteen. All live in a family structure and receive clothing, meals and money for school.

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Linked with our presentation of les femmes et la Commune.

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

One of these Anonyma says: « Even if they made me a gift of a better world, I would refuse it. My home is with those who have no rights – women, children, and men. »

Anonyma – International

Her work: She may be a farmer battling for access to land and clean water. She may be a scientist who publicizes abuses, organizes peace watches and faces threats to her life.

Anonyma is her name – she represents all the women we were not able to reach, or whose names we could not publish for fear of jeopardizing their work. Anonyma may belong to a marginalized minority group. She makes violence and its mechanisms visible to others. Anonyma is a name synonymous with courage, peaceful action and the future. Whoever she is, and wherever she is, she lives in a world in which working for peace is dangerous.

Anonyma’s life stories differ widely:

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Linked to our presentation of Women in Black, and of March across the Nullarbor, and of WLUML – A Different Kind Of Power Is Possible.

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

She says: « Peace is the ability to create space for listening to the stories of the many who are embittered and even hateful. »

Stanislavka Zajovic – Serbia and (now independent) Montenegro

She works for the Women in Black; and for the Women’s Peace Network against War.

Even before the war, Stanislavka Zajovic was actively involved in the first feminist initiatives in former Yugoslavia. When war broke out, Stanislavka, together with others, founded Women in Black (inspired by the Women in Black of Israel and Palestine). From October 1991 until the war ended, Women in Black organized weekly peace demonstrations in Belgrade and across Serbia and Montenegro: in silence and dressed in black, they condemned the war and crimes committed falsely in the name of the interests of the Serbian nation.

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Linked with our presentations of PPSEAWA International, and of Comments by Padddy Walker.

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

Paddy Walker’s passion has always been to generate new ideas about peace so that people can become peace builders of a « world fit for children. »

She says:

Paddy Walker – Cook Islands

She works for the Pan-Pacific and South East Asia Women’s Association (PPSEAWA).

Paddy Walker (87) has been driven all her life by a passion to achieve lasting peace in the world around her. She founded Pacifica (1974) to help Pacific Islander immigrants adjust to life in New Zealand. It was her initiative to develop the PPSEAWA Peace Gardens that have been established in Malaysia, Singapore, Samoa, and the Cook Islands; Fiji’s Peace Garden is now being developed. Paddy works tirelessly with youths. Her vision is to generate new ideas about peace.

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