Sep 18, 2017
Tawakkol Karman is a Yemeni journalist, politician, and human rights activist, often referred to in her country as the “Iron Woman” and the “Mother of the Revolution.” In 2005 she founded Women Journalists Without Chains, which advocates for...
Sep 18, 2017
The Liberian civil war lasted from 1989 to 2003 with only brief interruptions. Charles Taylor, the ruthless warlord who initiated the first fighting and would eventually serve as Liberian president until he was forced into exile in 2003, was at the center of the...
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
As its founding coordinator, Jody Williams brought the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) from a handful of six organizations in 1992 to more than 1300 groups from over 85 countries five years later. In September 1997 the campaign achieved its goal of an...
