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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.[1][2]

History

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The organization began in 2003[3] under the direction of Ruth-Gaby Vermont-Mangold, then a member of the Swiss National Council, as an initiative to nominate 1000 women from over 150 countries for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize.[4] The nomination was notable for including not only celebrities, but also relatively unknown women who have made significant contributions to world peace.[5] Although the prize was ultimately awarded to the International Atomic Energy Agency,[6] the initiative was successful in drawing public attention to the role of women in peacemaking.[2] The organization went on to publish a book, and create an exhibition that was first displayed in Zurich, Switzerland, and has since appeared in over 25 countries,[7] including places such as Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio;[8] Lingnan University in Hong Kong, China;[9] and at a UNESCO-sponsored exhibition in Geneva, Switzerland.[10]

Since 2006,[11] PeaceWomen Across the Globe has been one of the NGO members of the Swiss Center for Peacebuilding, which contributes to Swiss foreign policy. The organization is also a member of the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders.

Members

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Members of PWAG include:

The 1000 PeaceWomen

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Country of origins Nominees
Afghanistan
Albania Sevim Arbana
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
  • María del Carmen Sarthes
  • Martha Pelloni
  • Mirta Susana Clara
  • Olga del Valle Márquez de Arédez
  • Silvia Vera Ocampo
Armenia
  • Jemma Hasratyan
  • Susanna Vardanyan
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan Elmira Süleymanova
Bahrain Sheikha Lulwa Al-Khalifa
Bangladesh
Barbados Hazel Magdalene King
Belarus
  • Galina Drebezova
  • Irina Grushevaya
Belgium Jeanne Devos
Benin
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana Lydia Nyati-Ramahobo
Brazil
Bulgaria
  • Genoveva Tisheva
  • Ivanka Nikolova Lecheva
  • Liliana Lozanova Valcheva
Burkina Faso
  • Chantal Marie Rachelle Ouédraogo
  • Katrin Rohde
Burma
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
  • Hedwig Vinyou, OSF
  • Marie Béatrice Kenfack Tolevi
  • Teclaire Ntomp
Canada
Central African Republic
  • Béatrice Félicité Bobo
  • Lea Ngaïdana
  • Simone Clara Kossianga
Chad Achta Djibrine Sy
Chile
China
  • Bing Zheng
  • Chunxia Li
  • Daiyun Yue
  • Daofu Chen
  • Dianmin Wang
  • E Yang
  • Fenglan Liu
  • Fenglan Zhao
  • Fengxiang Xu
  • Guangren Zhou
  • Guilan Wang
  • Guilian Li
  • Guimei Zhang
  • Guirong Tian
  • Guixin Yu
  • Hailan Yang
  • Hua Zhang
  • Hualian Wang
  • Isabel Crook
  • Jianhua Wang
  • Jianjun Hong
  • Jianli Yun
  • Jianmei Guo
  • Jihui Zhang
  • Jingrong Xiao
  • Jinming Zhang
  • Jiuhua Wu
  • Jiying Xu
  • Jiyue Li
  • Joan Hinton
  • Jun Li
  • Jun Liang
  • Lihong Shi
  • Lihua Xie
  • Ling Zhao
  • Liwen Wang
  • Luping Zhang
  • Meihua Jin
  • Meiqing Hua
  • Meirong Wu
  • Min Sun
  • Mingxia Chen
  • Pinsong Wang
  • Qingrong Ma
  • Rurui Shi
  • Shana Chang
  • Shen Tan
  • Shuhua Huang
  • Shuqin Zhang
  • Shuxia Wang
  • Sihai Long
  • Tete Li
  • Wei Cheng
  • Wenqing Zhang
  • Xia Wang
  • Xiaoliang Li
  • Xiaoxi Li
  • Xiaoxia Zhu
  • Xiaoying Zheng
  • Xin Qi
  • Xingjuan Wang
  • Xinlan Ma
  • Xinzhi Guo
  • Xiuyu Dong
  • Xiuyun Shang
  • Xuan Wang
  • Xuebo Li
  • Yanxia Su
  • Yaojie Gao
  • Ying Ning
  • Yinxiu Zhu
  • Yongchen Wang
  • Youyun Zhang
  • Yue Chen
  • Yuqin Niu
  • Yuying Chen
  • Yuzhen Chang
  • Yuzhen Yin
  • Zhiying Ma
  • Zhongxun Liu
Colombia
  • Ana Teresa Bernal Montañéz
  • Beatriz Elena Rodríguez Rengifo
  • Hilda Liria Domicó Bailarín
  • Luz Perly Córdoba Mosquera
  • María Beatriz Aniceto Pardo
  • María Eugenia Zabala viuda de Polo
  • María Tila Uribe
  • Norha Patricia Buriticá Céspedes
  • Nubia Castañeda Bustamante
  • Rafaela Vos Obeso
  • Virgelina Chará
  • Yolanda Becerra Vega
Cook Islands Paddy Walker
Costa Rica Elizabeth Odio Benito
Croatia
  • Ana Marija Raffai
  • Biserka Momčinović
  • Dragica Aleksa
  • Jelka Glumičić
  • Mirjana Bilopavlović
  • Spasenija Moro
Cuba Lázara Lizette Vila Espina
Czech Republic Věra Vohlídalová
Democratic Republic of Congo
Denmark Annelise Ebbe
Dominican Republic Juana Ferrer
Ecuador
Egypt Nada Thabet
El Salvador
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland Barbro Sundback
France
French Polynesia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana Kate Adoo Adeku
Greece Daphne Economou
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau Macaria Barai
Haiti
  • Nicole Magloire
  • Paula Clermont Péan
  • Rose-Anne Auguste
Honduras
  • Albertina García Argueta
  • Bertha Oliva
  • Esther Ruiz Ortega
  • Leticia de Oyuela
  • Itsmania Erohyna Pineda Platero
  • Reina Isabel Cálix
Hong Kong
  • Ching Chee Lee
  • Elizabeth Ann Gray
  • Lo Sai "Rose" Wu
  • New Territories Female Indigenous Residents' Committee
  • Ngun Fung Liu
  • Shuk Man "Selina" Sun
  • Wai King Wong
  • Women Workers' Cooperative
  • Yuet Lin Yim
Hungary Szilvia Kállai
Iceland Ewa Klonowski
India
Indonesia
  • Ade Rostina Sitompul
  • Aleta Baun
  • Brigitta Renyaan
  • Dewi Rana Amir
  • Esthi Susanti Hudiono
  • Farha Ciciek
  • Galuh Wandita
  • Henny Yudea
  • Hermawati
  • Hilda Djulaida Rolobessy
  • Julien Florence Mona Saroinsong
  • Kamala Chandrakirana
  • Lily Djenaan
  • Nani Zulminarni
  • Nursyahbani Katjasungkana
  • Paula Makabory
  • Ratna Indraswari
  • Samsidar
  • Maria Cecilia
  • Sophie Patty
  • Yosepha Alomang
  • Yusan Yeblo
  • Zohra Andi Baso
Iraq
  • Hero Ahmad
  • Susan Ahmed-Böhme
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jamaica Madge Saunders
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
  • Dametken Alenova
  • Irina Unzhakova
  • Lazzat Ishmukhamedova
  • Rozlana Taukina
Kenya
Kosovo Fatmire Feka
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
  • Asipa Musaeva
  • Aziza Abdirasulova
  • Byubyusara Ryskulova
  • Gulnara Derbisheva
  • Raisa Kadyrova
  • Tolekan Ismailova
Laos
Lebanon Bahia Hariri
Liberia
Libya Farida Allaghi
Madagascar
  • Florentine Bodo Ramambasoa
  • Lalao Flaurence Randriamampionona
Malawi
  • Felister Chinthunzi
  • Helen Munthali
  • Irene Chaluluka
  • Rose Chibambo
  • Violet Chavula
Malaysia
Mali
Marshall Islands Carmen Bigler
Mauritania
Mauritius Aurélie Marie-Lisette Talate
Mexico
Micronesia Shinobu Mailo Poll
Moldova
Mongolia
  • Bat-Sereedene Byamba
  • Byats-Khandaa Jargal
  • Chinchuluun Naidandorj
  • Odonchimeg Puntsag
  • Orsoo Shijee
  • Purevsuren Choijamts
  • Semjidmaa Damba
  • Tuul Yondon
  • Zanaa Jurmed
Morocco
Mozambique
  Nepal
Netherlands
New Caledonia Déwé Gorodey
New Zealand
Nicaragua
  • Esperanza Cruz Rodríguez
  • Eulalia González Orozco
  • Gladira Auxiliadora Talavera García
  • María Hazel Law Blanco
  • Vilma Núñez de Escorcia
  • Violeta Vanesa Delgado Sarmiento
Niger
Nigeria
  • Dorothée Cesnabmihlo Aken’ova
  • Limota Goroso Giwa
North Macedonia Ermira Mehmeti
Norway
Oman Tiba Al Maoli
Pakistan
Palau Gabriela Ngirmang
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
  • Maggiorina Balbuena
  • María del Pilar Callizo López Moreira
  • María Ramona Isabel Noguera Dominguez
  • Nilda Estigarribia
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
  • Inês Fontinha
  • Sabine Lichtenfels
Puerto Rico
Qatar Mouza al-Malki
Romania
  • Cristina Guseth
  • Erzsébet Túrós
  • Negoita Cornelia
  • Soknan Han Jung
 Russia
Rwanda
  • Daphrose Mukarutamu
  • Hilarie Mukamazimpaka
  • Martine Bonny Dikongue
  • Mary Kayitesi Blewitt
  • Mary Balikungeri
Saint Lucia Frances Iona Erlinger-Ford
Samoa Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
Saudi Arabia
  • Haifa Jamal Al-Lail
  • Jowara Al-Angari
  • Laila Nabih Alnamani
Senegal
Serbia
Singapore
  • Bridget Lew
  • Wong Ting Hway
Slovakia
  • Daniela Hivešová-Šilanová
  • Jana Cviková
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
  • Apollonia Bola Talo
  • Ceciliana Olilaeni
  • Kathleen Kapei
Somalia
South Africa
  • Adelle Potgieter
  • Busisiwe Virginia Hlomuka
  • Cordelia Nozukile Tshaka
  • Daphne Jansen
  • Edith Matshikiza
  • Jenet Dlamini
  • Lesley Ann Foster
  • Lorna Philander
  • Mirriam Malala
  • Nikiwe Nyamakazi
  • Nosandla Malindi
  • Regina Makunga
  • Rolene Miller
  • Veronica Khosa
South Korea
  • Yoon Geum-soon
  • Heisoo Shin
  • Hyun-Sook Lee
  • Maria Chol Soon Rhie
  • Sook-Im Kim
  • Yu-Jin Jeong
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
  • Aida Ahmed Abdalla
  • Amna Abd El Rahman Abd El Rasoul
  • Anita Batris Amiro
  • Bakhita Mohmed Osman
  • Bruna Siricio Iro
  • Ester Kuku Rahal
  • Fatima Abdelrahim Osman
  • Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim
  • Nafisa Mustafa Shargawi
  • Rachael Nyadak Paul
  • Saeeda Mohd Bedri Mohd Abu Hadia
  • Safaa El-Agib Adam
  • Samia Mohemed Ibrahim
  • Siham Daoud Anglo
  • Sudanese Women Empowerment for Peace Program
  • Zeinab Mohamed Nour
Sweden Erni Friholt
 Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
  • Bihodjal Rahimova
  • Fatimakhon Ahmedova
  • Gavkhar Juraeva
  • Viloyat Mirzoyeva
Tanzania
  • Christina Nsekela
  • Fatma Hamisi Misango
  • Neema Mgana
  • Taghrid Hikmet
Thailand
  • Phinant Chotirosseranee
  • Dawan Chantarahassadee
  • Nasae Yapa
  • Nualnoy Timkoon
  • Pinee Moonkaew
  • Pratin Kwan-On
  • Somboon Srikhamdokkhae
  • Somsook Boonyabancha
  • Thicha na Nakhon
  • Dhammananda Bhikkhuni
  • Wilaiwan Saetia
  • Women’s Group of the Assembly of the Poor
Timor-Leste
Tonga Betty Blake
Turkey
Turkmenistan
  • Mubarak Gurbanova
  • Natalia Shabunz
  • Ogul Nabat Babayeva
  • Sona Chuli-Kuli
Uganda
Ukraine
  • Lina Kostenko
  • Lyubomira Boychishin
  • Nina Karpachova
  • Nina Kolybashkina
  • Olena Suslova
  • Tatyana Senyushkina
  • Tetyana Tkachenko
  • Valentyna Dovzhenko
  • Yevgeniya Leontyeva
  • Zoya Kovalenko
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
  • Beatriz Benzano Seré
  • Belela Herrera
  • Dora Ignacia Paiva da Silva
  • María Elena Curbelo Morales
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu Motarilavoa Hilda Lin̄i
Venezuela
Vietnam
Western Sahara Nasra Souelem
Yemen Raqiya Humeidan
Zimbabwe
International

Works

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  • 1000 peacewomen across the globe, Scalo, 2005, ISBN 978-3-03939-039-7[14]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "PeaceWomen Across the Globe". 1000peacewomen.org. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b Potter, Antonia (2005). We the Women: Why conflict mediation is not just a job for men (PDF) (Report). Geneva: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue.
  3. ^ "Virtual Vienna Net – 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005". virtualvienna.net. Archived from the original on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  4. ^ 1000 Peacewomen Coordinator (1 May 2006). Foundation for Women (ed.). "1000 PeaceWomen miss out on Nobel Peace Prize". Voices of Thai Women (Press release). Bangkok: Foundation for Women. OCLC 29801417. Retrieved 22 July 2005.{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Henley, Patricia Lynn (2005). "Nobel Effort: Candi Smucker and the one-half percent possibility". Metroactive. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  6. ^ "International Atomic Energy Agency – Biographical". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  7. ^ LaREAU, Renee (7 March 2008). "Beautiful Women". National Catholic Reporter. Cincinnati. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  8. ^ "Xavier University: Calendar – 1000 PeaceWomen". xavier.edu. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  9. ^ "Gender and Everyday Life:Peacewomen" (PDF). Kwan Fong Cultural Research and Development Programme. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  10. ^ "1000 WOMEN FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE – Art Exhibition: UNESCO". portal.unesco.org. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  11. ^ "swisspeace: Newsletter Archive Results". swisspeace.ch. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  12. ^ "On 1000 PeaceWomen". 1000 PeaceWomen.org. 2016. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  13. ^ "Human Rights Activist to Face Albanian Prime Minister in Defamation Court Case". Exit – Explaining Albania. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  14. ^ Association 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005 (2005). 1000 Peacewomen Across the Globe. Zürich: Scalo Publishers. ISBN 978-3-03939-039-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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