Mois : juillet 2007

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

She says: « I would like to tell the women inmates and the policewomen in the prisons that we should be self-confident, self-respecting, and hopeful about the future ».

Se says also: « Women are weak in many aspects. Many inmates in our prison had turned to destruction as a way to rebel against the injustices of the society. I think that Inmates with better understanding of the laws are able to protect their own rights and to protect themselves ».

Yue Chen – China

She works as a policewoman in the Women’s Prison of the city of Jianyang, Sichuan Province.

Chen Yue is a Communist Youth League member. On one occasion she fought against armed robbers and, along with her younger brother, sustained injuries. The public’s initial indifference to their plight is what led Chen Yue to understand the importance of human compassion and work as a policewoman with women prisoners.

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Linked with Liberian Women’s Initiative LWI, with Women in Peacebuilding Program WIPNET, and with Mano River Women’s Peace Network MARWOPNET.

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

She says: « We are not waiting for you to take up arms for our cause, but at least to hear on the BBC or receive letters of encouragement saying, we recognize ourselves in you ».

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Sorry, I can not find any photo of Mary Brownell, Liberia (see also my comment ‘Brave women without photos‘).

She works for the Liberian Women’s Initiative LWI (named on the Human Rightds Databank),
for the Women in Peacebuilding Network WIPNET (named on WANEP.org),
and for the Mano River Women’s Peace Network MARWOPNET.

Mary Brownell, chairperson of LWI and founding member of MARWOPNET was born in Maryland, Liberia, holds a degree from the University of Liberia and studied school administration and supervision in San Francisco. When war broke out in Liberia she transformed women’s engagement from humanitarian aid to active peace building and also managed to involve civil society in a process that was pivotal to success.

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Linked with The Salesian Sisters.

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

She says: « The East Timorese have to start from zero. They have to build their freedom into reality. They must take it one step at a time. Within time, progress will come about ».

She says also: « I always wanted to serve the people. It was the highest goal in my life. I was ready since the beginning ».

And she says: « I love my work; I still visit East Timor regularly. As long as I can serve the people, I am very happy to work anywhere ». Paola declared that her greatest joy is being able to meet with the children she guided over the past 16 years. Sharing her reasons for enduring the work. I received cultural inputs and felt more patient. The work makes me understand people more. I learned a lot from the East Timorese. The fact is, I take more from them and I should have given them more. I still need to give them more ».

Sorry, I can not find any photo of Sr. Paola Battagliola, Italy (see also my comment ‘Brave women without photos‘).

She works for the Salesian Sisters.

Sister Paola Battagliola (born 1952) is a dedicated missionary from Italy. She moved to East Timor in 1988 and set up two orphanages and a vocational training school for young girls in remote villages of Los Palos. Ever since, she has helped hundreds of East Timorese children attain better education and shelter in a volatile environment until the 1999 catastrophe. She now resides in Jakarta, as a Superior of a Salesian Sisters’ School for East Timorese future young sisters.

Sr. Paola was raised and educated in Brescia, Italy. « I am the oldest in my family. Our father is a carpenter and mother worked in a factory ». Little Paola was raised within a Catholic environment and religious atmosphere. She felt summoned to work for God.

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Linked with ‘Why wait?’ (for sex).

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

She says: « Funding polices shock me. Donors do not seem interested in our work because we promote abstinence, not condoms, which have proved ineffective here. Prevention is all about behavioral change ».

She says also: « I believe in going to the grassroots of our society and educating young people to adjust some things in our culture ».

Irene Chaluluka – Malawi

She works for the Sub-Saharan Family Enrichment program SAFE,
for the ‘Why Wait?’-program,
for ‘Blantyre Young Voices’,
and for the Children Promotion Organisation.

Irene Chaluluka is a field coordinator for the Sub-Saharan Africa Family Enrichment program SAFE. For eleven years, Irene has been involved in implementing ‘Why Wait?’, a life skills and HIV/Aids educational program in Malawi.

Through ‘Why Wait?’ Irene has successfully promoted abstinence among the youth. She has trained thousands of trainers on the initiative. Irene has also helped to export ‘Why Wait?’ to Uganda, Kenya and Nigeria. Her major challenge in promoting the initiative is inadequate funding. She has personally endured the HIV/Aids affliction.

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

She says: « I will focus on building a democratic culture where everyone can contribute to national development. Education and an improved economic situation will create better lives for everyone ».

She is also named on political heroes.

She says also: « In an effort to coordinate their activities, women organizations came together under the National Council of Women, DRV. They aimed at sensitizing directors/leaders and the populace to the need to promote peace and justice. The action became a catalyst to other movements, like that led by the Protestant Church and several NGOs to raise public awareness on several development issues, including justice, peace, environment, globalization and gender ».

Sorry, I can not find any photo of Florentine Bodo Ramambasoa, Madagascar (see also my comment ‘Brave women without photos‘).

She works for the Women National Council,
for the Association For The Well Being Of The Family, ‘The Health Of The Mother’ (Fianakaviana Sambatra, or FISA, named on WISER EARTH, and on UN info service Vienna).

Florentine Ramambasoa, a 66-year-old Florentine Ramambasoa, lives in Antananarivo, Madagascar and is the widow of the late Joseph Ramambasoa, a former Grand Chancellor of the Republic of Madagascar.

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

She works for the Al-Fazal Educational and Charitable Trust AFEC.

Latifabano Mohammad Yusuf Getali – India

The very worst situations bring out the very best in some of us: that is what the Gujarat riots of 2002 did to Latifabano Mohammad Yusuf Getali.

From the uneventful life of a Muslim housewife to a relief and peace activist, she has walked a long mile. Braving the wrath of her conservative community, Latifabano has helped hundreds of Muslim women in the state gain access to relief and legal assistance. She backs this up with capacity-building activities for the women, helping them rebuild their lives.

Latifabano Mohammad Yusuf Getali (born 1962) led a normal life until 2002, a Muslim housewife living in Godhra with her husband, two sons, and two daughters. And since the carnage had begun at Godhra, Latifabano was right at the epicenter.

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