Jody Williams: A realistic vision for World Peace
Nobel Peace laureate Jody Williams brings tough love to the dream of world peace, with her razor-sharp take on what ‘peace’ really means, and a set of profound stories that zero in on the creative struggle and sacrifice of those who work for it.
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ABOUT Jody Williams
“In more than 100 years of Nobel Peace Prizes, only a dozen women have ever won. Civil-rights and peace activist Jody Williams, received the award in 1997 as the chief strategist of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which established the first global treaty banning anti-personnel mines.
Jody believes that peace is defined by human (not national) security and that it must be achieved through sustainable development, environmental justice, and meeting people’s basic needs. To this end, she co-founded the Nobel Women’s Initiative, endorsed by six of seven living female Peace laureates.
She chairs the effort to support activists, researchers, and others working toward peace, justice, and equality for women and thus humanity. Williams also continues to fight for the total global eradication of landmines.
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