PeaceWomen Across the Globe

Last updated September 20, 2025

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.^[1]^[2]

History

The organization began in 2003^[3] 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 countries for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize.^[4] The nomination was notable for including not only celebrities, but also relatively unknown women who have made significant contributions to world peace.^[5] Although the prize was ultimately awarded to the International Atomic Energy Agency,^[6] the initiative was successful in drawing public attention to the role of women in peacemaking.^[2] 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,^[7] including places such as Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio;^[8] Lingnan University in Hong Kong, China;^[9] and at a UNESCO-sponsored exhibition in Geneva, Switzerland^[10]

Since 2006,^[11] 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^[12]
Sevim Arbana, Albanian women's rights activist.^[13]

The 1000 PeaceWomen

Country of Origins	Nominees
Afghanistan	Amina Afzali Amma Sakinah Benazir Hotaki Halima Khazan Lawangina Khan Malalai Joya Palwasha Hassan Sakena Yacoobi Sayed Naqi Shereen Maira Sazawar Suraya Parlika
Albania	Sevim Arbana
Algeria	Louisa Hanoune Zazi Sadou
Angola	Eunice Nangueve Inacio Maria de Jesus Haller
Argentina	María del Carmen Sarthes Martha Pelloni, CMT Mirta Susana Clara Olga del Valle Márquez de Arédez Silvia Vera Ocampo
Armenia	Jemma Hasratyan Susanna Vardanyan
Australia	Alexandra Gater Faith Bandler Jo Vallentine Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta Stella Cornelius Zohl de Ishtar
Austria	Barbara Nath-Wiser Hildegard Goss-Mayr Irma Schwager Marion Thuswald Ute Bock
Azerbaijan	Elmira Süleymanova
Bahrain	Sheikha Lulwa Al-Khalifa
Bangladesh	Angela Gomes Asha Lata Baidya Beggzadi Mahmuda Nasir Ebadon Bibi Hena Das Khushi Kabir Masuda Banu Ratna Mohua Paul Monowara Begum Monu Nanda Rani Das Rafiza Begum Rahela Khatun Rokeya Kabir Sandhya Roy Shirin Banu Mitil Sufia Khatun
Barbados	Hazel Magdalene King
Belarus	Galina Drebezova Irina Grushevaya
Belgium	Jeanne Devos, ICM
Benin	Grace Aboh Grace d'Almeida
Bolivia	Ana María Romero Domitila Chúngara Nicolasa Machaca
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Alma Suljević Azra Hasanbegović Hatidža Mehmedović Marijana Senjak Nadja Mehmedbasić Nusreta Sivac Snježana Mulić-Bušatlija
Botswana	Lydia Nyati-Ramahobo
Brazil	Albertina Duarte Takiuti Alzira Rufino Ana Maria Machado Ana Montenegro Benedita da Silva Concita Maia Creuza Maria Oliveira Eliane Potiguara Elizabeth Teixeira Elza Salvatori Berquó Elzita Santos de Santa Cruz Oliveira Eva Alterman Blay Fátima Oliveira Givânia Maria da Silva Heleieth Saffioti Helena Greco Heloneida Studart Hilda Dias dos Santos "Mãe Hilda Jitolu" Jacqueline Pitanguy Joênia Wapixana Jurema Batista Lair Guerra de Macedo Leila Linhares Barsted Lenira Maria de Carvalho Luci Teresinha Choinacki Luiza Erundina Maninha Xukuru Mara Régia di Perna Margarida Genevois Maria Amélia de Almeida Teles Maria Berenice Dias Maria José de Oliveira Araújo Maria José Mota Maria José Rosado Nunes Mãe Stella de Oxóssi Marina Silva Mayana Zatz Moema Libera Viezzer Niède Guidon Nilza Iraci Procópia dos Santos Rosa Raimunda Gomes da Silva Rose Marie Muraro Ruth de Souza Schuma Schumaher Silvia Pimentel Sueli Pereira Pini Therezinha Zerbini Vanete Almeida Zenilda Maria de Araújo Zilda Arns Neumann Zuleika Alambert
Bulgaria	Genoveva Tisheva Ivanka Nikolova Lecheva Liliana Lozanova Valcheva
Burkina Faso	Chantal Marie Rachelle Ouédraogo Katrin Rohde
Burma	Cynthia Maung Charm Tong Naw Zipporah Sein Paw Lu Lu
Burundi	Christine Ntahe Colette Samoya Kirura Godelive Miburo Jeanne Marie Gacoreke Jeannine Nahigombeye Léonie Barakomeza Marguerite Barankitse Marie Rose Cimpaye Pélagie Nduwayo-Ndikuriyo Yvonne Ryakiye
Cambodia	Boua Chanthou Chea Vannath Emma Leslie Mu Sochua Oddom Van Syvorn Oung Chanthol Prak Sokhany Pung Chhiv Kek Galabru
Cameroon	Hedwig Vinyou, OSF Marie Béatrice Kenfack Tolevi Teclaire Ntomp
Canada	Akua Benjamin Doreen Spence Julia Morton-Marr Kama Steliga Landon Pearson Louise Arbour Marjorie "Maggie" Hodgson Maude Barlow Muriel Duckworth
Central African Republic	Béatrice Félicité Bobo Lea Ngaïdana Simone Clara Kossianga
Chad	Achta Djibrine Sy
Chile	Fanny Sonia Pollarolo Villa Gladys Marín Millié Patricia Verdugo Aguirre Viviana Elisa Díaz Caro
China	Bing Zheng Chunxia Li Daiyun Yue Daofu Chen Dianmin Wang E Yang Fenglan Liu Fenglan Zhao Fengxiang Xu Guangren Zhou Guilan Wang Guilian Li Guimei Zhang Guirong Tian Guixin Yu Hailan Yang Hua Zhang Hualian Wang Isabel Crook Jianhua Wang Jianjun Hong Jianli Yun Jianmei Guo Jihui Zhang Jingrong Xiao Jinming Zhang Jiuhua Wu Jiying Xu Jiyue Li Joan Hinton Jun Li Jun Liang Lihong Shi Lihua Xie Ling Zhao Liwen Wang Luping Zhang Meihua Jin Meiqing Hua Meirong Wu Min Sun Mingxia Chen Pinsong Wang Qingrong Ma Rurui Shi Shana Chang Shen Tan Shuhua Huang Shuqin Zhang Shuxia Wang Sihai Long Tete Li Wei Cheng Wenqing Zhang Xia Wang Xiaoliang Li Xiaoxi Li Xiaoxia Zhu Xiaoying Zheng Xin Qi Xingjuan Wang Xinlan Ma Xinzhi Guo Xiuyu Dong Xiuyun Shang Xuan Wang Xuebo Li Yanxia Su Yaojie Gao Ying Ning Yinxiu Zhu Yongchen Wang Youyun Zhang Yue Chen Yuqin Niu Yuying Chen Yuzhen Chang Yuzhen Yin Zhiying Ma Zhongxun Liu
Colombia	Ana Teresa Bernal Montañéz Beatriz Elena Rodríguez Rengifo Hilda Liria Domicó Bailarín Luz Perly Córdoba Mosquera María Beatriz Aniceto Pardo María Eugenia Zabala viuda de Polo María Tila Uribe Norha Patricia Buriticá Céspedes Nubia Castañeda Bustamante Rafaela Vos Obeso Virgelina Chará Yolanda Becerra Vega
Cook Islands	Paddy Walker
Costa Rica	Elizabeth Odio Benito
Croatia	Ana Marija Raffai Biserka Momčinović Dragica Aleksa Jelka Glumičić Mirjana Bilopavlović Spasenija Moro
Cuba	Lázara Lizette Vila Espina
Czech Republic	Věra Vohlídalová
Côte d'Ivoire	Dandi Lou Hélène Amanan Lotti Latrous
Hong Kong	Ching Chee Lee Elizabeth Ann Gray, SSC Lo Sai "Rose" Wu New Territories Female Indigenous Residents' Committee Ngun Fung Liu Shuk Man "Selina" Sun Wai King Wong Women Workers' Cooperative Yuet Lin Yim
Singapore	Bridget Lew Noeleen Heyzer Wong Ting Hway
Sweden	Erni Friholt
Taiwan	Chin Yu Hsu Ching Feng Wang Chiu Hsiang Huang Chuen Juei "Josephine" Ho De Fen Ho Fan Ying Yu Hsiao Chuan Hsia Kun Lei Lan Hsiang Hsu Lin Ching Hsia Lucie Cheng Mei Ying Huang Sheng Hsin Chou Shou E Feng Shu Ying Lin Su Mei Kao Chin Tsu Chuen Yang Yu Jane Ku
Tanzania	Christina Nsekela Fatma Hamisi Misango Neema Mgana Taghrid Hikmet
United Kingdom	Anna Hoare, SLG Bernardette McAliskey Diana Francis Helen John Jennifer Ingram Jo Wilding Kathy Galloway Patricia Gaffney Rebecca Johnson Tenzin Palmo
United States	Aileen Hernandez Alice Lynch Andrea Smith Anne Firth Murray Barbara Lee Barbara Smith Betty Burkes Betty Reardon Candi Smucker Charlotte Bunch Chris Norwood Cora Weiss Cynthia Basinet Cynthia McKinney Dorothy Rupert Elise M. Boulding Elizabeth Martínez Ellen Barry Grace Paley Hadayai Majeed Holly Near Jane Roberts Kate Donnelly Kate Michelman Kip Tiernan Linda Burnham Lois Abraham Mandy Carter Maria Varela Marta Drury Mary Thunder Medea Benjamin Roma Pauline Guy Rosalie Bertell, SGM Roselle Bailey Sharon Hutchinson Susan Sygall Swanee Hunt Terry Greenblatt Yuri Kochiyama
Uruguay	Beatriz Benzano Seré Belela Herrera Dora Ignacia Paiva da Silva María Elena Curbelo Morales
Uzbekistan	Adiba Akhmedjanova Dildora Alimbekova Dilorom Mukhsinova Mutabar Tadjibayeva Rano Yusupova Sakhibakhon Irgasheva Salima Kadyrova Sarygul Bahadirova Tamara Chikunova Tatyana Chabrova
Vanuatu	Motarilavoa Hilda Lin̄i
Venezuela	Ana Lucina García Maldonado María Inmaculada Lacarra Cabrerizo María Luisa Navarro Garrido Noelí Pocaterra Nora Castañeda Rosa María Herrera de Hernandez
Vietnam	Bùi Tiến Dũng Đào Thị Bích Vân Dương Thu Hương Hà Thị Khiết Lê Thị Quý Nguyễn Thanh Hiện Nguyễn Thị Bình Nguyễn Thị Hoài Thu Nguyễn Thị Hòe Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Phượng Trần Thị Lành Trần Bạch Thu Hà
Western Sahara	Nasra Souelem
Yemen	Raqiya Humeidan
Zimbabwe	Jean Corrneck Margaret Dongo Netsai Mushonga

Works

1000 peacewomen across the globe, Scalo, 2005, ISBN 978-3-03939-039-7 ^[14]

References

↑ "PeaceWomen Across the Globe". 1000peacewomen.org. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
1 2 Potter, Antonia (2005). We the Women: Why conflict mediation is not just a job for men (PDF) (Report). Geneva: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue.
↑ "Virtual Vienna Net – 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005". virtualvienna.net. Archived from the original on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
↑ 1000 Peacewomen Coordinator (1 May 2006). Foundation for Women (ed.). "1000 PeaceWomen miss out on Nobel Peace Prize". Voices of Thai Women (Press release). Bangkok: Foundation for Women. OCLC 29801417 . Retrieved 22 July 2005.{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
↑ Henley, Patricia Lynn (2005). "Nobel Effort: Candi Smucker and the one-half percent possibility". Metroactive . Retrieved 22 July 2010.
↑ "International Atomic Energy Agency – Biographical". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
↑ LaREAU, Renee (7 March 2008). "Beautiful Women". National Catholic Reporter. Cincinnati. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
↑ "Xavier University: Calendar – 1000 PeaceWomen". xavier.edu. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
↑ "Gender and Everyday Life:Peacewomen" (PDF). Kwan Fong Cultural Research and Development Programme. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
↑ "1000 WOMEN FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE – Art Exhibition: UNESCO". portal.unesco.org. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
↑ "swisspeace: Newsletter Archive Results". swisspeace.ch. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
↑ "On 1000 PeaceWomen". 1000 PeaceWomen.org. 2016. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
↑ "Human Rights Activist to Face Albanian Prime Minister in Defamation Court Case". Exit – Explaining Albania. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
↑ Association 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005 (2005). 1000 Peacewomen Across the Globe. Zürich: Scalo Publishers. ISBN 978-3-03939-039-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

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[PWAboutUs-1] "PeaceWomen Across the Globe". 1000peacewomen.org. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2010.

[wethewomen-2] 1 2 Potter, Antonia (2005). We the Women: Why conflict mediation is not just a job for men (PDF) (Report). Geneva: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue.

[Austria-3] "Virtual Vienna Net – 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005". virtualvienna.net. Archived from the original on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2010.

[NPP05-4] 1000 Peacewomen Coordinator (1 May 2006). Foundation for Women (ed.). "1000 PeaceWomen miss out on Nobel Peace Prize". Voices of Thai Women (Press release). Bangkok: Foundation for Women. OCLC 29801417 . Retrieved 22 July 2005.{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[Metroactive-5] Henley, Patricia Lynn (2005). "Nobel Effort: Candi Smucker and the one-half percent possibility". Metroactive . Retrieved 22 July 2010.

[IAEA-6] "International Atomic Energy Agency – Biographical". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 22 July 2010.

[NCR-7] LaREAU, Renee (7 March 2008). "Beautiful Women". National Catholic Reporter. Cincinnati. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2010.

[Xavier-8] "Xavier University: Calendar – 1000 PeaceWomen". xavier.edu. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2010.

[Lingnan-9] "Gender and Everyday Life:Peacewomen" (PDF). Kwan Fong Cultural Research and Development Programme. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2010.

[UNESCO-10] "1000 WOMEN FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE – Art Exhibition: UNESCO". portal.unesco.org. Retrieved 22 July 2010.

[KOFF1-11] "swisspeace: Newsletter Archive Results". swisspeace.ch. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2010.

[On_1000_PeaceWomen-12] "On 1000 PeaceWomen". 1000 PeaceWomen.org. 2016. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

[13] "Human Rights Activist to Face Albanian Prime Minister in Defamation Court Case". Exit – Explaining Albania. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

[14] Association 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005 (2005). 1000 Peacewomen Across the Globe. Zürich: Scalo Publishers. ISBN 978-3-03939-039-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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