"The heroines of peace – the 16 women awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize so far (1901-2014)
1905: Bertha von Suttner [Austria-Hungary]
1931: Jane Addams [United States]
1946: Emily Greene Balch [United States]
1976: Betty Williams [United Kingdom]
1976: Mairead Corrigan [United Kingdom]
1979: Mother Teresa [Macedonia / India]
1982: Alva Myrdal [ Sweden]
1991: Aung San Suu Kyi [Burma]
1992: Rigoberta Menchú Tum [Guatemala]
1997: Jody Williams [United States]
2003: Shirin Ebadi [Iran]
2004: Wangari Muta Maathai [Kenya]
2011: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf [Liberia]
2011: Leymah Gbowee [Liberia]
2011: Tawakkol Karman [Yemen]
2014: Malala Yousafzai [Pakistan]
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Narges Mohammadi, who won this year, 2023, is in jail in Iran.
And the other 2 women winners since Malaya in 2014.
- Maria Ressa (2021) shared with Dmitry Muratov “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace” She is a Philipina with education in America, In "2012, she was one of the co-founders of the Rappler online news site. As an investigative journalist, she has distinguished herself as a fearless defender of freedom of expression and has exposed the abuse of power, use of violence and increasing authoritarianism of the regime of President Rodrigo Duterte." Dmitry Muratov is known for being "editor-in-chief for most years since 1995 of the Russian newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, which soon became a leading advocate for democracy and freedom of expression in Russia. Six of the newspaper’s journalists have been murdered because they wrote critical articles on Russian military operations in Chechnya and the Caucasus." (Source: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2021/summary/)
- Nadia Murad (2018) shared with Denis Mukwege, "for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict." Nadia Murad has written an autobiography, “The Last Girl”. By recounting the atrocities perpetrated against her, she seeks to help ensure that future generations of girls and young women do not become victims of sexual violence in war. Dennis Mukwege is a doctor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.In 2008, he established Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, where he and his staff have treated the injuries of thousands of women victims of sexual violence. (Source: https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/laureates/2018)
if anyone can puta halt to the madness going on in the Middle East at the moment they will certainly deserve a prize.
ReplyDeleteIt is very sad to hear of all the deaths on both sides, of completely innocent civilians. Terrorists started this, and it will be hard to find them now.
DeleteIt is great to see all these heroines. Take care, have a great day!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it nice to know these women worked against injustice in all its forms?
Delete...imagine what a mess the world would be without women.
ReplyDeleteIndeed it would be. Kind of important part of reproduction too! But their work against injustices and violence is beyond what they probably expected to happen in their lives.
DeleteThank you for this list. Just a minor thing but nevertheless, both Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan are Irish, the official term is Northern Irish, eligible to dual nationality if need be. They were co-founders of the Peace People, a grassroots movement as a response to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for letting me know more about them, and their work. As I mentioned in my last reply, they probably never thought their work against injustice and being awarded these prizes was how their lives would have occurred...and of course they definitely deserved them.
DeleteWell deserved.
ReplyDeleteThese leaders should definitely have their biographies studied. Mmm, maybe I can do some sharing for March, 2024, Women's History Month.
DeleteWow. What a great collection of women.
ReplyDeleteTHey sure are...though a lot of them shared their prizes with a man. But they did get recognition.
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