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She is one of the 1000 women proposed fort the Nobel Peace Price 2005
She says:Giving back the confidence, self-esteem, and decision making to indigenous women and isolated communities is our path, our vision, and aspiration of all our affiliated organizations.”
Towards Ethnic Women (TEW).
Tran Thi Lanh – Viet Nam
She works for the Center for Human Ecology Study of Highlands (CHESH), and the Center for Indigenous Knowledge Research and Development (CIRD).
She is one of the 1000 women proposed fort the Nobel Peace Price 2005
She says: I am indebted to my parents who have always been supportive of me in many ways. They put my education above their priorities in life. She works for the International Rescue Committee (IRC).
Sakena Lida Yacoobi – Afghanistan
Born in Herat, Afghanistan, Sakena Yacoobi obtained a BSc in Biological Sciences from the University of the Pacific, USA in the 1970s, and a Masters in Public Health from Loma Linda University, California.
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She is one of the 1000 women proposed fort the Nobel Peace Price 2005
Goes with ‘Assuming Authority‘.
She says: « My dream came true. I have managed to set up a social project that incorporates essential community services, such as a school, a library, a community resources center and a health advice center. »
Dr. Bogaletch Gebre – Ethiopia
She works for the Kembatti Mentti Gezzimma-Topa (KMG).
She is one of the 1000 women proposed fort the Nobel Peace Price 2005
She says: My utopia is that we, mothers, we, women, would be able to keep our sons away from military service, no matter in which part of the world they are supposed to fight. She works for the Mothers for Peace.
Barbara Gladysch – Germany
Barbara Gladysch (born 1940) worked for 36 years as a special teacher for children. She has devoted herself to securing a peaceful life for children worldwide. In 1981, she founded Mothers for Peace, as part of the German peace movement.
She is one of the 1000 women proposed fort the Nobel Peace Price 2005
She says: Something was wrong in a society where a person was questioned because she was a woman. She works for the Museo Argentino de Artistas Plásticas (Argentine Museum of Women Artists), and the Association of Friends of the Museum.
In her work, Silvia Ocampo has captured, with vitality and sensitivity, the social problems of her time. After graduating as a professor of Fine Arts, she joined the art studio of master Demetrio Urruchúa and took charge of it when, in 1955, the master was captured.
She is one of the 1000 women proposed fort the Nobel Peace Price 2005
Suzuyo Takazato (Japan), Suzuyo Takazato is a driving force behind the crucial question posed to the present militarized global security system: for whom does the military provide security?
She works with two groups: 1) as director for the Okinawa Women Act Against Military Violence; 2) East Asia-US-Puerto Rico Women’s Network against Militarism.
She is one of the 1000 women proposed fort the Nobel Peace Price 2005
Asma Jahangir – Pakistan
For a quarter-century, acclaimed human rights lawyer and UN special rapporteur Asma Jahangir (born 1952), has been a thorn in the side of the powerful and ruthless in Pakistan. During this time, this human rights’ lawyer, working for the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRC), has defended the oppressed in Pakistani society – among them political prisoners, bonded laborers, women, and minorities sentenced under unjust laws.
She is one of the 1000 women proposed fort the Nobel Peace Price 2005
Raimunda Gomes da Silva – Brazil
She says: “The power of capitalism makes a small number of people accumulate wealth, while many others become poorer every day. How can a mother live in peace if she can not feed her little children?” She works for the ‘Conselho Nacional dos Seringueiros (CNS)’.
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She is one of the 1000 women proposed fort the Nobel Peace Price 2005
Radha Bhatt – India
Radha Bhatt’s work in the picturesque but poor Himalayan foothills is a canny combination of progressive ideas and Gandhian ideals-and they have functioned wonderfully. She is working for the Kasturba National Memorial Trust (KNMT), which received NGO Consultative Status (II) by the UN.
Linked with ‘Centra Asia – Tadjikistan – Dushanbe‘ on our AEHRF pictures blog.
She is one of the 1000 women proposed fort the Nobel Peace Price 2005
Fatimakhon Ahmedova – Tajikistan
She says: « I do not want to belong to those who become disappointed in ideas of democracy, humanity and justice. I believe that sometimes the saddest event in one’s life can stimulate one to improve oneself. » She is working with the Center for Democratic Transformations (CDT).
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