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 Jane Gabriel, Nobel Women's Initiative on May 31, 2007 | No Comments »
by Jane Gabriel, openDemocracy’s program director
“There comes a time when you lose your fear and thing are never quite the same again.”
The fact that we are in Ireland is having a powerful effect on us all – because amidst the terrible stories, the attempts to analyse, explain and come up with new solutions to [...]
Posted in Jane Gabriel, Nobel Women's Initiative on May 31, 2007 | No Comments »
by Jane Gabriel, openDemocracy’s program director
I’m struck by the completely relaxed way the five Laureates wander around the hotel with us all – sharing breakfast tables, smoking breaks, chatting with everyone as they go. This is direct, informal contact, anyone can and does talk to anyone. Jodi Williams has said that they want to [...]
