Posted in Nobel Women's Initiative on June 4, 2007 | No Comments »
The NWI/openDemocracy blog is a diary of the event written by four rapporteurs, NWI participants and openDemocracy’s program director Jane Gabriel. Our poDcast was directed by Siobhan O’Connell, openDemocracy’s podcast producer. If you wish to e-mail us about this blog, please see the contact page.
Posted in Nobel Women's Initiative on June 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
openDemocracy published four articles as part of our NWI coverage. You can read them by following the links below.
The meaning of Peace in the 21st century, by Shirin Ebadi
Peacework: lessons we have failed to learn, by Isabel Hilton
Nothing is impossible, the difficult takes longer, by Nadwa Sarandah
A Nothern Ireland lesson, by Anne Carr
You can [...]
Posted in Nobel Women's Initiative on June 1, 2007 | No Comments »
Closing statement to participants at the first international conference of the Nobel Women’s Initiative: Women redefining peace in the Middle East and Beyond
We would like to thank each and every one of you for taking the time to come to Galway to participate in our first international conference. We have come together here out of [...]
Posted in Nobel Women's Initiative, poDcast on June 1, 2007 | No Comments »
How can peace be built? openDemocracy.net was at the conference trying to find clues from the Nobel Laureates and the NWI participants. We now present three poDcasts from the Nobel Women’s Initiative in Galway. Listen now.
Part One: Women and conflict in the middle east
Part Two: Redefining [...]
Posted in Maggie Baxter, Nobel Women's Initiative on June 1, 2007 | No Comments »
by Maggie Baxter, Green Belt Movement International
I came to the conference as a trustee of Green Belt Movement International whose founding director received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 – Wangari Maathai. Having been the Executive Director of WOMANKIND Worldwide, a UK international women’s rights and development agency, and now working on stopping the [...]
Posted in Nobel Women's Initiative, Roja Bandari on June 1, 2007 | No Comments »
by Roja Bandari, NWI rapporteur and PhD student in electrical engineering
I have had a chance to watch a movie with Shirin Ebadi, have dinner at the same table with Miread Corrigan, sing the “peel banana” song with Betty Williams, envy Wangari Masthai’s outfit, plan for an NPR interview with Jody Williams and sing, dance and [...]
Posted in Jameen Kaur, Nobel Women's Initiative on June 1, 2007 | 2 Comments »
by Jameen Kaur, NWI rapporteur, Amnesty International Ireland
At 9.30 this morning we were again reminded of the humanity and inner resilience of Dau Aung San Suu Kyi and her continued struggle against an illegal military dictatorship as her presence overflowed from the giant screen. Her unjust absence from the conference is a cruel reminder of [...]
Posted in Jane Gabriel, Nobel Women's Initiative on June 1, 2007 | No Comments »
by Jane Gabriel, openDemocracy’s program director
The Laureates, having sat amongst us all day, each day and listened to the stories being told and the arguments that came and went, have proposed four areas in which they might move forward. More media strategies. Linkages between disarmament and violence against women. A women’s peace statue. An [...]
Posted in Nobel Women's Initiative, Rebecca Barlow on June 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
by Rebecca Barlow, NWI rapporteur, PhD Candidate at the Centre for Muslim Minorities and Islam Policy Studies in Melbourne
It will be difficult to convey in words the depth and breadth of what has happened over the past three days here in Galway. Each day we have been witness to countless women activists’ stories of [...]
Posted in Amelia Korangy, Nobel Women's Initiative on June 1, 2007 | 2 Comments »
by Amelia Korangy, NWI rapporteur, FAIR fund
After the immense dialogue that took place today, I feel a bit foolish. Usually, I take solace and recognize my own self-efficacy that has come as consequence of my dedication to the non-profit world. As a well educated, 21 year old woman growing up just outside of [...]
