The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Winners: Leymah Gbowee, Tawakul Karman, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
New! Check out our "Women & Peace: Transforming Conflict" page
featuring photos, video clips and other highlights from our recent salon with filmmaker Abigail Disney and other women peacemakers, including Nobel Laureate Jody Williams, WILPF Secretary General Madeleine Rees, AWID Executive Director, Lydia Alp�zar Dur�n, World YWCA General Secretary Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda and Afghan Parliament member the Honorable Shinkai Karokhail. In partnership with Peace is Loud and part of Feminist.com's FemSalon Series.
Video Highlights from the Salon
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Lydia Alpizar Duran, Executive Director, AWID (Association of Women's Rights in Development)
Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, Executive Director, World YWCA
Madeleine Rees, Secretary General, WILPF (Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Laureate, Co-Founder, Nobel Women's Initiative
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In the meantime, check out the latest articles and resources by our partners, below!
This Women & Peace section was first inspired by Omega Institute and V-Day's Women, Power & Peace conference. Check out the links to articles and interviews from this event further below on this page.
Featuring selected quotes from
Majora Carter, Kimberly Williams Crenshaw,
Riane Eisler, Eve Ensler, Jane
Fonda, Carol Gilligan, Elizabeth
Lesser, Rigoberta Menchú Tum,
Pat Mitchell, Kerry Washington,
Betty Williams, and Jody Williams.