 |
Dear all,
We are happy to announce to you that Women in Black from
Belgrade has been awarded the "The Millennium Peace Prize for Women".
The Millennium Peace Prize
On 8 March 2001, International WomenÈs Day, The
United Nations
Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and
International Alert will award
the Millennium Peace Prize for Women.
The Peace Prize is a part of the Women building
Peace Campaign, organized
by International-Alert, a global effort to raise
global awareness of
womenÈs experiences and perspectives of peace and
conflicts and support
the active participation of women in all levels of
peace building.
Six prizes are awarded to individuals and
organizations:
- Dr Flora Brovina, the Kosovar Albanian humanitarian,
peace and human
rights campaigner imprisoned in 1999 by Serbian
authorities;
- Veneranda Nzambazamariya, posthumously awarded for
her role in promoting
peace and reconciliation and helping women rebuild
their lives in Rwanda
after the 1994 genocide;
- The human rights activists and lawyers Asma Jahangir
and Hina Jilani, who
have risked their lives in defence of women and
minorities in Pakistan;
- Leitana Nehan WomenÈs Development Agency for its
cross community work for
peace during and after the nine year war between
Bougainville rebels and
the Papua New Guinea military;
- Ruta Pacifica de las Mujeres, a nationwide coalition
that campaigns for
peace in Colombia and helps to create alternative
peace proposals at a
community level;
- Women in Black, a worldwide network of women against
war, violence and
militarism that you know well. When informed of the
Prize, Women in Black
in Belgrade stated that they accept the prize on
behalf of the worldwide
movement.
You can obtain more information at the UNDP site and on our
new Web Site
You can also sign the
petition from Alert International (before 8th March).
Yolanda Rouiller,
International Network of Women in Black, Spain
|
