Nobel Women’s Delegation Touring The West Bank
From September 28 to October 5, Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams (USA) is leading a delegation of women to visit Palestinian Territories and Israel to bear witness to the struggles of women working on the ground in the region towards building a sustainable peace. The delegation will be focus on...
1997 – Jody Williams, International Campaign to Ban Landmines
As its founding coordinator, Jody Williams brought the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) from a coalition of six non-governmental organizations in 1992 to include more than 1300 groups from over 85 countries. In September 1997 at a diplomatic conference in Oslo, working with governments, UN bodies, and the International...