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PeaceWomen Across the Globe (PWAG), previously known as 1000 PeaceWomen, is an organization based in Bern, Switzerland that aims to increase the visibility of women promoting peace all over the world.
Awarded the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize. Nelsa Curbelo: 1 November 1941 Montevideo, Uruguay — 2004, 2009 [249] 2005: 1000 PeaceWomen Across the Globe: a collective nomination of 1000 women from over 150 different countries for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize. 2005 [250] Zilda Arns Neumann: 25 August 1934 Forquilhinha, Santa Catarina, Brazil 12 January 2010
Kathleen Tacchi-Morris (1899–1993) – British dancer, founder of Women for World Disarmament; Helen Thomas (1966–1989) – Welsh peace activist, died at Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp; Sybil Thorndike (1882–1976) – British actress and pacifist; member of the Peace Pledge Union who gave readings for its benefit
The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to an Iranian women's rights activist signaled international support for democracy efforts in the Islamic Republic, and hope that the country might change from the ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian dissident Alexei Navalny are among favourites for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, but experts say campaigners for women, Indigenous peoples or ...
To honour men and women who stand up for peace, justice, and nonviolence across the globe (since 1988) [3] France / Finland: World Peace Council prizes: World Peace Council: International Peace Prize from 1949 to 1957, Joliot-Curie Medal of Peace, etc. Germany / Poland: Brückepreis (Bridge prize) Town of Görlitz/Zgorzelec
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is a non-profit non-governmental organization working "to bring together women of different political views and philosophical and religious backgrounds determined to study and make known the causes of war and work for a permanent peace" and to unite women worldwide who oppose oppression and exploitation.
Peace activists usually work with others in the overall anti-war and peace movements to focus the world's attention on what they perceive to be the irrationality of violent conflicts, decisions, and actions. They thus initiate and facilitate wide public dialogues intended to nonviolently alter long-standing societal agreements directly relating ...