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Article: '1000 women for Nobel Peace Prize' 2005, launched.(World Notes)(Brief Article)
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- January 4, 2004
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LUCERNE, Switzerland -- Despite the overwhelming number of women involved in peace-building worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize, only a handful, 11 to be exact, have been accorded the prestigious award since it was first given in 1901. The last was Iranian human activist Shirin Ebadi, this year's recipient.
To alter the situation, the Swiss-based organisation Project 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005 conceived the similarly named initiative. Under the project, 1000 women who are struggling against violence, war and injustice and who, in each one's own sphere of ...