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
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
1995 Nobel Peace Prize – Joseph Rotblat, Scientist for Nuclear Disarmament One of the world’s first nuclear scientists, Joseph Rotblat was a part of the Manhattan Project, developing the atomic bomb. He resigned from the project and spent 50 years working 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...
