Women and Peacemaking in the News

Israeli activist shares ideas for unique peace center, JWeekly.com, July 15, 2010

By Stacey Palevsky. Ilana Meallem, a London-born Israeli peace and environmental activist, discusses her project to build a retreat center near the Dead Sea open equally to Israelis and Palestinians, where cultural and political boundaries are not barriers to working together toward building peace. . . Read the article.

 
Leader of the Opposition: Questions for Tzipi Livni, The New York Times, June 22, 2010

By Deborah Solomon. Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni, from the centrist Kadima parties, answers question about the two-state solution, the Gaza blockade, and Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu. She declares that she will eventually be Prime Minister for the future of the state of Israel. . . Read the article.

 
The Original Anti-War Mother's Day. Consortium News . com. May 6, 2010

By Gary Kohls, MD. The original Mother’s Day Proclamation from poet and suffragette Julia Ward Howe was a protest against the evils of war. . . Read the article.

 
Women and religion. The New York Times. January 9, 2010

By Nicholas D. Kristof. Religions derive their power and popularity in part from the ethical compass they offer . . . Read the article.

 
Babylon & Beyond, The Los Angles Times, January 6, 2010  

By Daniel Siegal. Israel, Gaza: Holocaust survivor explains why she became Palestinian rights activist. . . Read the article.

 
‘They failed to break my spirit’ says freed rights campaigner, Irish Times, December 4, 2009  

By Mary Fitzgerald. Jestina Mukoko, a leading human rights campaigner in Zimbabwe, was abducted in 2008 by that country’s secret police. While in detention, she told her interrogators that she was not a supporter of any political party but a defender who has a passion for human rights. . . Read the article.

 
A Nobel Laureate (Jody Williams) looks back on the first 10 year of the Mine Ban Treaty, IRIN, November 26, 2009  

By Hannah Wright. An interview with Jody Williams, who won the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for her organization’s work as an instigator of the international Mine Ban Treaty (MBT). Her organization, which helped mobilize 1,300 civil society organizations in 95 countries in an effort to rid the world of anti-personal mines, is seen as a model of success of civil society-government partnerships and mobilization of a broad civil society coalition. . . Read the article.

 
Listen to the women of Palestine, The Guardian, August 13, 2009  

By Hannah Wright. With representation of women in Palestinian governing authorities barely a blip on the radar, it’s time to let in the new ideas that Palestinian women can bring to the table, says Hannah Wright, who recently spent time in Ramallah. . . Read the article.

 
Female Peacekeepers Providing Hope for Women Victimized by Conflict, All Africa.com, June 1, 2009  

Liberia’s Gender and Development Minister, Ms. Vabah Gayflor, says the participation of women in peacekeeping provides new role models and new hope for Liberia’s girls and young women who have been victimized by years of conflict. . . Read the article.

 
Women are Born Peacemakers, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, April 15, 2009  

By Laurens Nijzink. Two women peacemakers from Africa, 2004 Nobel peace prize winner Wangari Maathai, of Kenya and Liberian peacemaker Edweda Cooper, discuss their personal stories of becoming change agents and working for peace and justice. . . Read the article.

 
Kandhamal’s Wonder Women Fight Hate, Newstrack India, April 23, 2009  

By Eliza Parija. In a region of India torn by violence in the name of religion, women are taking the lead in defusing tensions and building understanding. . . Read the article.

 
Questions for Jehan Sedat, Interview - The New York Times Magazine, March 10, 2009

By Deborah Solomon. Jehan Sedat, whose husband Anwar el-Sadat won the Nobel Peace Prize 30 years ago for his role in the Israeli-Egyptian peace process, discusses her views on women peacebuilders, her late husband’s peacemaking, and prospects for improved relations between Israelis and Palestinians. . . Read the article.

 
The human spirit: Meeting beyond the comfort zone. Jerusalem Post, Sept 28, 2007.

By Barbara Sofer. Award-winning article describing the author’s participation in a CRT-sponsored women’s interfaith leadership conference in Amman, Jordan. . . Read the article.

The daily power of women in peace building. The Globalist, July 27, 2007.

By Patricia Smith Melton. Women are increasingly taking leadership in building peaceful communities across the globe. Read the article. . . Read the article.

The checkpoint women of Israel. In These Times, June 8, 2007.

By Robert Hirschfield. Maschom Watch, a group of women who monitor the checkpoints for human rights violations, draw both respect and resentment from their countrymen. Read the article. . . Read the article.

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