Catégorie : 1000 women Peace Nobel 2005

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

She says: “Peace education should be a must among schools and other institutions. It is as serious as math and science. If we do not give it equal importance, then we are not giving peace importance either.”

Myla Jabilles Leguro – Philippines

She works:

– for the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in the Philippines;

– for the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute (MPI) and Grassroots Peace Learning Center (GPLC), same as html-file;

Myla Jabilles Leguro (born 1968) is the Peace and Reconciliation Program Manager of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) where she works on Muslim-Christian dialogue in war-torn Mindanao. She has been involved in peace and reconciliation projects in areas with histories of violent conflicts like Jolo and Basilan. She organized two major peace-building institutions: the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute (MPI) and the Grassroots Peace Learning Center (GPLC). Through these institutions, Myla helps create peaceful communities in Mindanao. For Myla Jabilles Leguro, peace building is not a job. It is her life. As a peace advocate, she has dedicated her life to building peaceful communities in Mindanao.

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Linked with our NGO-presentations of Journalists for Human Rights JHR, and with the International Center on Conflict and Negotiation ICCN – Georgia, and also with the The Caucasus Network for Social Research and Conflict Resolution.

And also linked with our presentation of Situation in Abkhazia.

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

She says: « It is easier to destroy the world than to create it. But in creating the world, one is sowing life and creating the future. »

Irina Yanovskaya – Georgia

She works for ‘Journalists for Human Rights‘, and also for the Caucasus Network on Conflict Resolution. She is also member of the International Center on Conflict and Negotiation ICCN.

Before she also had worked as a trainer for the Unifem project, Ossetia Women for Peace.

A well-known journalist in South Ossetia, Irina Yanovskaya (43) founded and directs the organization Journalists for Human Rights with the aim of preserving peace. The organization has become an important part of a broader network of conflict resolution groups. Irina focuses her efforts on the area of interethnic conflict resolution. She has made her way into people’s hearts, finding ways to unite rather than separate groups, thus, helping to establish peace in South Ossetia.

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Linked with our presentation of the The European Church and Peace Network.

Linked also with our presentation of Center for Peace Studies – Ontario/Canada.

And linked with our presentation of How churches become peace churches.

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

She says: « Every person is able to work for freedom. In each of us there is great potential – a resource for a better future. The beginning and fundamental question of change is: What can I do for freedom? »

Ana Raffai – Croatia

She works for the Center for Peace Studies; for the NGO Rand; and for the European Church and Peace Network.

Ana Raffai, a Roman Catholic Croatian theologian, has been training and mentoring over 500 peace activists on nonviolence and peace mediation over the last ten years. Together with her husband, she has designed and led various workshops for the Center for Peace Studies. Some of their trainees are now trainers in peace education themselves.

She also works with the non-governmental organization (NGO) Rand in peace education for different faith groups. Recently, she has become more involved with NGOs that are active in protest and training for protest. Ana Raffai first met the word « peacemaking » at the beginning of the war in Croatia.

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Linked with our presentation of U.N Must Act to End Attacks on Karen in Burma/Myamar.

Linked also with our presentation of the Karen Women’s Organization KWO – Burma/Myamar.

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

She says: “The voices of many women striving for peace, freedom and equality among human beings shall be heard better and better and will become the most powerful voice in the world community.”

Naw Zipporrah Sein – Burma/Myamar

She works for the Karen Women’s Organization (KWO).

Naw Zipporrah Sein was born in 1955 at Saw Kar Der Village, Kler Lweh Htoo District, Karen State, Burma. She was home educated by her mother before she went to school in the conflict zone in Karen State (Kaw Thoo Lie) where she completed her teacher education. For safety reasons, she sought refuge in Thailand in 1995 where she instilled and promoted education for Karen women in refugee camps. In 1998, Sein moved on to work for the Central Committee of the Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) as coordinator and executive secretary, a position she still holds.No human beings want to desert their homeland to seek refuge in other countries where they find their lives equally miserable, due to lack of recognition of their status, causing them to live in hiding day after day. But when death is imminent, fleeing is inevitable and they go with the hope that one day, when the sovereignty and freedom of their motherland is restored, they will be able to return.

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Linked with our presentation of Edward Said (1935-2003), by Anat Biletzki.

And linked with our presentation of B’Tselem.

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

She says: « For the past years I have been engaged in the effort to intertwine philosophy with politics, gradually drawing the desired idealism closer to the existing realism. »

Anat Biletzki – Israel

She works for The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem).

She writes: Abstract – The oft-repeated mantra of human rights organizations is that “human rights are not political’,” human rights being grounded in universalism, which is diametrically opposed to political partisanship. The philosophical question to ask is: how can rights discourse be anything but political? This gives rise to a conceptual paradox concerning the very fundamentals of human rights; it also leads the way to pragmatic quagmires in which “global” human rights organizations find themselves. But the epitome of this (conceptual and concrete) dilemma is to be found in conflict situations where local/national human rights groups operate, for these groups literally embody the contradiction between universal moral principles and particular human interests. Does this mean, then, that the ideological opposition between politics and human rights, as originally contrued in standard and traditional human rights talk, has brought the concrete manifestation of human rights to a dead-end? Is there any way for local human rights organizations – real, operational, organizations that are not globally oriented – to substantiate their particular focus without reneging on universal demands? Or are they doomed to represent, in their respective agendas, their political, “biased” context?

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Linked with our presentation of FIZ – Women’s Information Center.

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

She says: « Solidarity is the heart of people. In the name of life, we need respect. »

Irene Rodriguez – Switzerland and Argentinia

She works for Minka alter Latina, and for Infoladen Kasama , and also for Women’s Information Center (FIZ),

Irene Rodriguez was born into a large poor family in Argentina. Her life was filled with rape, brute force, pain, and misery. With only three years of school, Irene soon became a victim of prostitution and slave trade. With unbelievable toughness she managed to survive, to actually free herself, and legalize her existence in Switzerland. She is now a source of power for those who are in the hands of prostitution and slave trade, a tireless fighter for those who are willing to get out. Irene Rodriguez fights for the basic rights of illegal migrants, a voice for those who have none.

Once upon a time there was a little girl in Missiones in Argentina. Her family was big and poor and violence was the daily bread. Not knowing anything else Irene thought that this is life as it is. She never stands up against her mother who permits the male members and friends of the family to rape the young body and soul. The child is only nine or ten when her mother finally comes to the conclusion that something is wrong about how her little girl is being treated.

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

She says: « The biggest barricades are in people’s heads. »

Snjezana Mulic – Busatlija – Bosnia and Herzegovina

She works for the ‘Dani Magazine’, Sarajevo, and for the ‘Women’s Association Bosancic’.

For the past 12 years, Snjezana Mulic-Busatlija has been working to promote and protect human rights, exposing herself to innumerable risks in a militarized environment and a society driven by nationalism and ethnic division. Through her work as a journalist, she has drawn public attention at national and international levels to the conditions of people during and after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She has never renounced the highest journalistic principles or given in to numerous forms of pressure. Her courage demonstrated that it is possible to implement the Dayton Peace Agreement.

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Linked with our presentation of the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship.

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

She says: « We can change anything. We can make a just and peaceful world. History has shown that a genuine people’s movement can move more than governments. It can move mountains. »

Faith Bandler – Australia

She works for the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship,
for the Women’s Electoral Lobby (WEL),
and for the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI).

Even as a child, Faith Bandler (86) showed the many qualities that blossomed in her later life. The abuse and exclusion she experienced as an indigenous schoolgirl in white Australia left a lasting impression on her, but she still exudes a serenity that belies her extraordinary energy for the cause of justice for indigenous peoples, for women, and for the peace movement. Indigenous Australians and Pacific Islanders have been the direct beneficiaries of her crusade. Her work for abolition of war and elimination of poverty has been of international significance, earning her several major awards.Faith Bandler (86) is best known for her leading role in the long campaign to win full citizenship rights for Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders in Australia. She has spent a lifetime campaigning for racial equality and women’s rights. Her work for abolition of war and elimination of poverty has been of national and international significance. In recognition of her efforts, Faith was awarded the Order of Australia in 1984. She received an honorary doctorate from Macquarie University for her lifetime achievements in 1994. The Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission awarded her a Human Rights Medal in 1997. Nelson Mandela presented her with an award on behalf of the Sydney Peace Foundation in 2000. Two years later, Allen and Unwin published Faith: Faith Bandler, Gentle Activist, a biography written by Professor Marilyn Lake of La Trobe University, Australia.

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

She says: “The divine will grant women the precursory role in the fight for the peace.”

Marjorie Prentice Saunders – Jamaica

She works for the United Church.

When she was a child, she chose a great road: God. Under his guidance, she carried out marriages, funerals, baptisms, qualifying courses for women, and workshops for educating immigrants. Marjorie Prentice Saunders was the first Jamaican woman to be a Minister of the Presbyterian Church. Revolutionary in her perspective, she was never afraid of breaking traditions. She gave a lifetime of service to education and social work through community mobilization.Marjorie Prentice was born on February 25th, 1913, in Galina, St. Mary, Jamaica. One hour later, her parents took her by horse on a three mile long trip to attend the opening of the Synod of the Presbyterian Church. Since then, she has been near the Lord Jesus Christ.

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

Goes with ‘Assuming Authority‘.

She says: « I wish to see women free of poverty and illiteracy, bringing peace and equitable development in Angola, to see women leaders prevent armed conflict and promote inclusive, just governance. »

Eunice Nangueve Inacio – Angola

She was born in Angola in 1948 into a religious protestant family. Her background and academic pursuits did not distance Eunice from local people. In 1985, she headed the welfare program in Ministry of Social Affairs, focusing on children and war-displaced people. In 1991, she became the national director for training social workers. Through her efforts today about 600 local peace promoters have been trained and work in 14 provinces. Approximately 120 communities have been supported with local peace initiative grants to provide shelter to thousands affected by war.Eunice Nangueve Inacio was born in Angola in 1948 into a religious protestant family. But her good background and academic pursuits did not distance her from local people.

In 1985, she headed the welfare program in Ministry of Social Affairs, focusing on children and war-displaced people. In 1991, she became the national director for training social workers.

When Huambo Province was occupied and fought over by three different liberation movements, Eunice returned to her home province of Huambo and worked for British Charity, Save the Children to help displaced children and orphans whose parents had died in the war.

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