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English Language Page Began as a Swiss initiative in order to recognize the contribution of women by Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold, a member of the Swiss National Council in Bern and of the European Council in Strasbourg, the project has received worldwide financial and political support. The major goal of the project “1,000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005” is to publicize the important contribution that women play in the fostering peace and security. Since 1901 the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to a woman only twelve times. This year, 2005, marks the 100 year anniversary of the first reception of the Nobel Peace Prize by a woman: Bertha von Suttner, who received the prize for her work as honorary president of the Permanent International Peace Office. Since the role of women in battling injustice, discrimination, oppression, and violence is often unnoticed, as evident in the cited statistics regarding Nobel Prize recepients, this project aims to dissiminate information to a wide audience regarding the work of these individuals. In order to further publicize the work of these women, the project “1,000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005” will publish a book in November 2005 that will contain succinct biographies written by hundreds of journalists worldwide about each of the 1,000 women. In addition, the project is planning a travelling exhibition that will display and publicize the work of these women to a various cities throughout the world. This travelling exhibition will include documentaries, pictures, sounds, and texts. Since the work of women in this field often disappear into gender neutral statistics, this project has an academic aspect in that it will allow scholars to study the role that women play and the impact they have on promoting peace and stability in various regions. In addition, by publicizing the various strategies, procedures, and methods that women develop in their work on specific socio-political problems, this project will allow scholars and activists to develop new approaches to conflict resolution. Further, this project hopes to strengthen the existing networks between individuals and organizations working in this field, as well as develop new networks and encourage the formation of new organizations. When the committee determined which women to nominate for the Nobel Peace Prize, they considered the following criteria: • She employs and promotes active, non-violent responses to conflict situations, structural injustices and inequalities • Her work is sustainable and long-term • She leads by example, acting with moral courage and responsibility • Her work is exemplary and worthy of emulation • She works for the cause of peace and not for political or personal gain • Her work is transparent and based on tolerance • She includes and engages with people of different backgrounds and across the conflict divide Included in the 1,000 women are 35 Russians, including Lyudmila Alekseeva, the head of the Moscow Helsinki Group, and Tatyana Kotlyar, the coordinator of the Obninsk Regional Human Rights Group and the deputy of the Kaluga Regional Legislative Assembly. For more information about the project “1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005,” you can visit their website at: www.1000peacewomen.org Kyle Withers, University of New York, Intern within Moscow Helsinki Group Back |
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