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The international organisation is based in bern and is committed to the participation of women in the promotion of peace. It features in photographs and profile texts every single woman and gives an insight into life and work of peacewomen in 150 countries round the world. Peacewomen across the globe offizieller deutscher name. Studies on indigenous cultures across the globe, new york 20, peter land publishing. The book peacewomen across the globe, which describes the origin of the. The globe and mail s book section offers author interviews, book excerpts, bestseller lists. Peacewomen across the globe women and life on earth. For peace women, the project of the wilpf, see womens international league for peace and freedom peacewomen.

A declaration of consent from the women will also be issued for the ongoing updating of the biographies as well as for the integration of new peacewomen into our network. The book peacewomen across the globe, which describes the origin of the initiative and contains profiles of the peacewomen, was published at the time of the nomination. The book was published in english by kontrast verlag, zurich, in 2005. In 2005, the initiative women for the nobel peace prize nominated. The lives, strategies and visions of 1,000 women nominated for the 2005 nobel peace prize have been recorded in this fat hardcover book. In 2005, she was elected by the international initiative peace women across the globe as a. It is published in english and later translated into german, spanish and japanese. Peacewomen across the globe pwag is the growing international network of women nominated for the nobel peace prize in 2005. Its main goals over the last decade have been to support deeper and sustainable connectivity of peacewomen around the world, to increase the visibility of their work, to expand their bodies of knowledge and skills and to disseminate their expertise outside.

The activities of peacewomen across the globe focus on strengthening links between women peace activists, supporting their work by providing them with practical tools, and making their commitment. Association women for the nobel peace price 2005 hrsg. Millions of women around the world campaign daily against violence and war. Association women for the nobel peace prize 2005 profiles women nominated for the 2005 nobel peace prize. All peacewomen nominated for the nobel peace prize in 2005 explicitly agreed that their story might be published in the book and on the peacewomen across the globe website. The repatration et reintegration of mauritanian refugees. The 1950s to the 1970s scalo by scalo publishers and a great selection of related books. Video peacewoman ruth weiss speaks about the role women can play in peacebuilding using an example of black south african nurses who joined the antiapartheid struggle. Matriarchat in sudchina matriarchy in south china, verlag kohlhammer. The book peacewomen across the globe receives an award in switzerland as one of the 15 most beautiful books. Peacekeeping in liberia, kosovo and haiti, zed books ltd. Peacewomen across the globe pwag, previously known as peacewomen, is an organization based in bern, switzerland that aims to increase the. The book introduces the women who were carefully chosen to represent the. The book is produced by swiss publisher kontrast and published internationally by scalo.

The book was published in english by kontrastverlag, zurich, in 2005. Wikipeacewomen is one of peacewomen across the globe s projects. Peacewomen across the globe pwag, is based in berne, switzerland. The book peacewomen across the globe presents the women and their. Parts of the book have also been translated into chinese, nepali, portuguese and arabic. Weiterfuhrende literatur gundawernerinstitut heinrichboll.