Nobel peace laureate, Betty Williams, was a force of nature. She was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1976 alongside Mairead Maguire for their work for peace in Northern Ireland. Betty once said, “Fear’s contagious, but so is courage.” Looking back on all that she has accomplished, it couldn’t have ...read more
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“If you don't start the journey, you will never have anyone to hold your hand, to say let's push forward. Because you, yourself, have to say—yes, I'm ready."
Gladys Arthur is a courageous human rights defender. During Liberia's Civil War she was held captive for years by a ...read more
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“I believe that we could get closer to creating peace through reunification when we move in that direction, but we also need women to give their voice for peace.”
Heejin Hong is peace activist living in South Korea. When she’s not attending college classes, she’s on the front line of ...read more
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“I've learned that is has to be more than just legislation. It has to be community involvement. It also has to be advocating for people who aren't usually heard and amplifying their voices.”
Bree Butler was propelled into activism after surviving a horrible tragedy. She ...read more
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“It was, honestly, through practicing journalism that a door opened for me and I started to discover the power of words.”
Lucía Ixchíu is a Mayan Indigenous K'iche woman, a cultural promoter, journalist and feminist. She is one of the co-founders of the Festivales Solidarios (Solidarity ...read more
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“A country where everybody has their rights. This is the dream that I have.”
Joyce Diko Duku Tikaya is an amazing feminist activist and poet from South Sudan. When you have lived in conflict for so long, how do you create the space for peace? Joyce challenges patriarchy and ...read more
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“I felt proud to be standing up for my community.”
For 16-year-old Paris Meekis, her first experience with political activism took place this past June, 2019. She travelled 1700 kilometres from her home in the Grassy Narrows Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation in Ontario, Canada, to Toronto. ...read more
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“I did not choose the wrong battle to fight. I’m fighting for the good of my country—for a better Cameroon, for a better Africa, and for a better world.”
Over the past few years Cameroon has been thrust into a state of conflict, with 500,000 people displaced and 3,000 people ...read more
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“I don’t need them to be touched by my story and I don’t need their pity. I need them to take action.”
In 2013, sixteen-year-old Marinel Sumook Ubaldo knew that life was changing at home, a quiet, seaside village around 1000 km southeast of Manila. Her fisherman father complained there ...read more
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“I have to believe that change is in me, and my activism has to be more strong and radical. Not to diminish others or to scare them, but to believe if I have this voice, I can get to wherever I can imagine.”
Heny Cuesta is a badass Afro-Colombian activist and filmmaker. She's ...read more
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"I use my uncle's name to fight for the Eritrean people."
Vanessa Tsehaye grew up hearing her uncle's story—journalist Seyoum Tsehaye has been unjustly imprisoned in Eritrea under inhumane conditions and without a trial since 2001. Now she's making sure that his case is not ...read more
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“I was ready to risk it all, just to get people to talk about this issue.”
It was late 2018. Liz O’Sullivan began to wonder what was happening in a windowless room at Clarifai, the artificial intelligence startup for which she was head of data operations. Information that trickled out ...read more
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