# 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.

## History

The organization began in 2003 under the direction of Ruth-Gaby Vermont-Mangold, then a member of the Swiss National Council, as an initiative to nominate 1000 women from over 150 different countries for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize. The nomination was notable for including not only celebrities, but also relatively unknown women who have made significant contributions to world peace. Although the prize was ultimately awarded to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the initiative was successful in drawing public attention to the role of women in peacemaking. The organization went on to publish a book, and create an exhibition that was first displayed in Zurich, Switzerland, and has since appeared in over 25 countries, including places such as Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio; Lingnan University in Hong Kong, China; and at a UNESCO-sponsored exhibition in Geneva, Switzerland
Since 2006, PeaceWomen Across the Globe has been one of the NGO members of the Swiss Center for Peacebuilding, which contributes to Swiss foreign policy. The organization is also a member of the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders.

## Members

Members of PWAG include:
* Sakena Yacoobi, executive director of the Afghan Institute for Learning
* Amina Afzali, member of the Afghan Cabinet of Ministers
* Malalai Joya, Afghan politician
* Jelka Glumičić, Croatian activist
* Cynthia Basinet, American actress, singer
* Runa Banerjee, Indian social worker and founder of Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA), Lucknow
* Keepu Tsering Lepcha, Indian social worker and founder of Human Development Foundation of Sikkim (HDFS), Sikkim
* Sevim Arbana, Albanian women's rights activist.

## The 1000 PeaceWomen

| Country of Origins | Nominees |
| Afghanistan | Amina AfzaliAmma SakinahBenazir HotakiHalima KhazanLawangina KhanMalalai JoyaPalwasha HassanSakena YacoobiSayed NaqiShereen Maira SazawarSuraya Parlika |
| Albania | Sevim Arbana |
| Algeria | Louisa HanouneZazi Sadou |
| Angola | Eunice Nangueve InacioMaria de Jesus Haller |
| Argentina | María del Carmen SarthesMartha Pelloni, CMTMirta Susana ClaraOlga del Valle Márquez de ArédezSilvia Vera Ocampo |
| Armenia | Jemma HasratyanSusanna Vardanyan |
| Australia | Alexandra GaterFaith BandlerJo VallentineKupa Piti Kungka TjutaStella CorneliusZohl de Ishtar |
| Austria | Barbara Nath WiserHildegard Goss-MayrIrma SchwagerMarion ThuswaldUte Bock |
| Azerbaijan | Elmira Süleymanova |
| Bahrain | Sheikha Lulwa Al-Khalifa |
| Bangladesh | Angela GomesAsha Lata BaidyaBeggzadi Mahmuda NasirEbadon BibiHena DasKhushi KabirMasuda Banu RatnaMohua PaulMonowara Begum MonuNanda Rani DasRafiza BegumRahela KhatunRokeya KabirSandhya RoyShirin Banu MitilSufia Khatun |
| Barbados | Hazel Magdalene King |
| Belarus | Galina DrebezovaIrina Grushevaya |
| Belgium | Jeanne Devos, ICM |
| Benin | Grace AbohGrace d'Almeida |
| Bolivia | Ana María RomeroDomitila ChúngaraNicolasa Machaca |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Alma SuljevićAzra HasanbegovićHatidža MehmedovićMarijana SenjakNadja MehmedbasićNusreta SivacSnježana Mulić-Bušatlija |
| Botswana | Lydia Nyati-Ramahobo |
| Brazil | Albertina Duarte TakiutiAlzira RufinoAna Maria MachadoAna MontenegroBenedita da SilvaConcita MaiaCreuza Maria OliveiraEliane PotiguaraElizabeth TeixeiraElza Salvatori BerquóElzita Santos de Santa Cruz OliveiraEva Alterman BlayFátima OliveiraGivânia Maria da SilvaHeleieth SaffiotiHelena GrecoHeloneida StudartHilda Dias dos Santos "Mãe Hilda Jitolu"Jacqueline PitanguyJoênia WapixanaJurema BatistaLair Guerra de MacedoLeila Linhares BarstedLenira Maria de CarvalhoLuci Teresinha ChoinackiLuiza ErundinaManinha XukuruMara Régia di PernaMargarida GenevoisMaria Amélia de Almeida TelesMaria Berenice DiasMaria José de Oliveira AraújoMaria José MotaMaria José Rosado NunesMãe Stella de OxóssiMarina SilvaMayana ZatzMoema Libera ViezzerNiède GuidonNilza IraciProcópia dos Santos RosaRaimunda Gomes da SilvaRose Marie MuraroRuth de SouzaSchuma SchumaherSilvia PimentelSueli Pereira PiniTherezinha ZerbiniVanete AlmeidaZenilda Maria de AraújoZilda Arns NeumannZuleika Alambert |
| Bulgaria | Genoveva TishevaIvanka Nikolova LechevaLiliana Lozanova Valcheva |
| Burkina Faso | Chantal Marie Rachelle OuédraogoKatrin Rohde |
| Burma | Cynthia MaungCharm TongNaw Zipporah SeinPaw Lu Lu |
| Burundi | Christine NtaheColette Samoya KiruraGodelive MiburoJeanne Marie GacorekeJeannine NahigombeyeLéonie BarakomezaMarguerite BarankitseMarie Rose CimpayePélagie Nduwayo-NdikuriyoYvonne Ryakiye |
| Cambodia | Boua ChanthouChea VannathEmma LeslieMu SochuaOddom Van SyvornOung ChantholPrak SokhanyPung Chhiv Kek Galabru |
| Cameroon | Hedwig Vinyou, OSFMarie Béatrice Kenfack ToleviTeclaire Ntomp |
| Canada | Akua BenjaminDoreen SpenceJulia Morton-MarrKama SteligaLandon PearsonLouise ArbourMarjorie "Maggie" HodgsonMaude BarlowMuriel Duckworth |
| Central African Republic | Béatrice Félicité BoboLea NgaïdanaSimone Clara Kossianga |
| Chad | Achta Djibrine Sy |
| Chile | Fanny Sonia Pollarolo VillaGladys Marín MilliéPatricia Verdugo AguirreViviana Elisa Díaz Caro |
| China | Bing ZhengChunxia LiDaiyun YueDaofu ChenDianmin WangE YangFenglan LiuFenglan ZhaoFengxiang XuGuangren ZhouGuilan WangGuilian LiGuimei ZhangGuirong TianGuixin YuHailan YangHua ZhangHualian WangIsabel CrookJianhua WangJianjun HongJianli YunJianmei GuoJihui ZhangJingrong XiaoJinming ZhangJiuhua WuJiying XuJiyue LiJoan HintonJun LiJun LiangLihong ShiLihua XieLing ZhaoLiwen WangLuping ZhangMeihua JinMeiqing HuaMeirong WuMin SunMingxia ChenPinsong WangQingrong MaRurui ShiShana ChangShen TanShuhua HuangShuqin ZhangShuxia WangSihai LongTete LiWei ChengWenqing ZhangXia WangXiaoliang LiXiaoxi LiXiaoxia ZhuXiaoying ZhengXin QiXingjuan WangXinlan MaXinzhi GuoXiuyu DongXiuyun ShangXuan WangXuebo LiYanxia SuYaojie GaoYing NingYinxiu ZhuYongchen WangYouyun ZhangYue ChenYuqin NiuYuying ChenYuzhen ChangYuzhen YinZhiying MaZhongxun Liu |
| Colombia | Ana Teresa Bernal MontañézBeatriz Elena Rodríguez RengifoHilda Liria Domicó BailarínLuz Perly Córdoba MosqueraMaría Beatriz Aniceto PardoMaría Eugenia Zabala viuda de PoloMaría Tila UribeNorha Patricia Buriticá CéspedesNubia Castañeda BustamanteRafaela Vos ObesoVirgelina CharáYolanda Becerra Vega |
| Cook Islands | Paddy Walker |
| Costa Rica | Elizabeth Odio Benito |
| Croatia | Ana Marija RaffaiBiserka MomčinovićDragica AleksaJelka GlumičićMirjana BilopavlovićSpasenija Moro |
| Cuba | Lázara Lizette Vila Espina |
| Czech Republic | Věra Vohlídalová |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Dandi Lou Hélène AmananLotti Latrous |
| Hong Kong | Ching Chee LeeElizabeth Ann Gray, SSCLo Sai "Rose" WuNew Territories Female Indigenous Residents' CommitteeNgun Fung LiuShuk Man "Selina" SunWai King WongWomen Workers' CooperativeYuet Lin Yim |
| Singapore | Bridget LewNoeleen HeyzerWong Ting Hway |
| Sweden | Erni Friholt |
| Taiwan | Chin Yu HsuChing Feng WangChiu Hsiang HuangChuen Juei "Josephine" HoDe Fen HoFan Ying YuHsiao Chuan HsiaKun LeiLan Hsiang HsuLin Ching HsiaLucie ChengMei Ying HuangSheng Hsin ChouShou E FengShu Ying LinSu Mei Kao ChinTsu Chuen YangYu Jane Ku |
| Tanzania | Christina NsekelaFatma Hamisi MisangoNeema MganaTaghrid Hikmet |
| United Kingdom | Anna Hoare, SLGBernardette McAliskeyDiana FrancisHelen JohnJennifer IngramJo WildingKathy GallowayPatricia GaffneyRebecca JohnsonTenzin Palmo |
| United States | Aileen HernandezAlice LynchAndrea SmithAnne Firth MurrayBarbara LeeBarbara SmithBetty BurkesBetty ReardonCandi SmuckerCharlotte BunchChris NorwoodCora WeissCynthia BasinetCynthia McKinneyDorothy RupertElise M. BouldingElizabeth MartínezEllen BarryGrace PaleyHadayai MajeedHolly NearJane RobertsKate DonnellyKate MichelmanKip TiernanLinda BurnhamLois AbrahamMandy CarterMaria VarelaMarta DruryMary ThunderMedea BenjaminRoma Pauline GuyRosalie Bertell, SGMRoselle BaileySharon HutchinsonSusan SygallSwanee HuntTerry GreenblattYuri Kochiyama |
| Uruguay | Beatriz Benzano SeréBelela HerreraDora Ignacia Paiva da SilvaMaría Elena Curbelo Morales |
| Uzbekistan | Adiba AkhmedjanovaDildora AlimbekovaDilorom MukhsinovaMutabar TadjibayevaRano YusupovaSakhibakhon IrgashevaSalima KadyrovaSarygul BahadirovaTamara ChikunovaTatyana Chabrova |
| Vanuatu | Motarilavoa Hilda Lin̄i |
| Venezuela | Ana Lucina García MaldonadoMaría Inmaculada Lacarra CabrerizoMaría Luisa Navarro GarridoNoelí PocaterraNora CastañedaRosa María Herrera de Hernandez |
| Vietnam | Bùi Tiến DũngĐào Thị Bích VânDương Thu HươngHà Thị KhiếtLê Thị QuýNguyễn Thanh HiệnNguyễn Thị BìnhNguyễn Thị Hoài ThuNguyễn Thị HòeNguyễn Thị Ngọc PhượngTrần Thị LànhTrần Bạch Thu Hà |
| Western Sahara | Nasra Souelem |
| Yemen | Raqiya Humeidan |
| Zimbabwe | Jean CorrneckMargaret DongoNetsai Mushonga |

## Works

* 1000 peacewomen across the globe, Scalo, 2005, ISBN 978-3-03939-039-7