PeaceWomen Across The Globe

	PeaceWomen Across The Globe PeaceWomen Across the Globe (PWAG), previously known as 1000 PeaceWomen, is an organization based in Bern, Switzerland that aims to increase the visibility of women promoting peace all over the world.PeaceWomen Across the Globe www.1000peacewomen.org, retrieved 22 July 2010.Potter, Antonia We the Women: Why conflict mediation is not just a job for men Centre for Humanitarian Dia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Bern german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese , neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen , website = www.bern.ch Bern () or Berne; in other Swiss languages, gsw, Bärn ; frp, Bèrna ; it, Berna ; rm, Berna is the ''de facto'' capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city" (in german: Bundesstadt, link=no, french: ville fédérale, link=no, it, città federale, link=no, and rm, citad federala, link=no). According to the Swiss constitution, the Swiss Confederation intentionally has no "capital", but Bern has governmental institutions such as the Federal Assembly and Federal Council. However, the Federal Supreme Court is in Lausanne, the Federal Criminal Court is in Bellinzona and the Federal Administrative Court and the Federal Patent Court are in St. Gallen, exemplifying the federal nature of the Confederation. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Swisspeace swisspeace is a practice-oriented peace research institute located in Basel, Switzerland. It aims to contribute to the improvement of conflict prevention and conflict transformation by supporting Swiss and international actors in their peacebuilding activities. History swisspeace was founded in 1988 as the Swiss Peace Foundation with the goal of strengthening independent peace research in Switzerland. Today swisspeace employs approximately fifty people and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. swisspeace is a member of the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAHS) and is an associated Institute of the University of Basel. Jakob Kellenberger, former president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), became president of swisspeace on the organization’s 25th anniversary on 10 September 2013. Professor Laurent Goetschel is the director of swisspeace. Donors and clients The most important donors and clients are the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sevim Arbana Sevim Arbana in an Albanian women's rights activist and founder of NGO “Useful to Albanian Women” (UAW) and "Women Bridge for Peace and Understanding”. Biography Sevim Arbana was born in 1951. Her father was a member of the Liberation Army in Albania ( LANÇ), and fought against the Germans in WWII. Following the war, he joined the anti-communist Legality Party, where he was branded an enemy of the state and imprisoned for 10 years during the rule of Enver Hoxha. Due to her father's beliefs, Arbana's family was persecuted by the Albanian government, resulting in difficulty in completing her education at School of Arts in Tirana. In 1991, Arbana was arrested by the Serbian Militia at a forum in Kosovo, protesting the lack of funding her women's rights organizations were receiving. Furthermore, Sevim Arbana formerly worked with the now Mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj during his time with the Mjaft movement. They have since quit working together following his election to power, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Keepu Tsering Lepcha Keepu Tsering Lepcha is an Indian social worker, educationist, former civil servant and the founder of the ''Human Development Foundation of Sikkim'' (HDFS), a non governmental organization serving the socio-economically challenged people of Sikkim. A former secretary of the Government of Sikkim, she has served as the project director in the Rural Development Agency of the government. She is a member of the PeaceWomen Across the Globe organization which was shortlisted for the Nobel Peace Prize of 2005, and a recipient of the 2012 Real Heroes Award of the Reliance Foundation and the 2013 ''Senior Citizen Award'' of the CNN-IBN. The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2009, for her contributions to society. Biography Keepu Tsering was born in 1942 in a Lepcha people, Lepcha family to a government official in a rural area of the Northeast Indian state of Sikkim Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]