Sep 18, 2017
Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi banker and economist known to many as “The Banker to the Poor”. He was previously a Professor of Economics and is famous for his successful application of microcredit – the extension of small loans. These loans are given to...
Sep 18, 2017
Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. As leader of the Green Belt Movement for nearly thirty years, she mobilized poor women to plant trees to counteract the deforestation occurring in her country. She campaigned for broader women’s...
Sep 18, 2017
In 1975, attorney Shirin Ebadi was appointed president of Bench 24 of Tehran’s City Court, becoming the first female judge in Iran. After the Islamic revolution, women were forbidden to serve as judges in Iran. Attempting to move to private practice, she was...
Sep 18, 2017
A democracy activist under the repressive Park regime in South Korea, Kim Dae Jung survived three assassination attempts and a death sentence before being elected President of South Korea. He went on to institute the first peace process in history with North Korea....
Sep 18, 2017
John Hume, Architect of the Good Friday Accords, 1998 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Eloquent, humorous and passionate, John Hume became a leading figure in the Irish civil rights movement in the late 1960s, inspiring and leading demonstrations for civil rights for...
