Jody Williams
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“Jody's visit went very well. She was very accommodating and the campus audience enjoyed the various activities and her interaction.”
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The Need for a New Civil Society Movement to Ban Nukes
Faced with the prospect of nuclear proliferation, nuclear weapons falling into the hands of non-state actors, and NATO's continued position of preserving the right of "first use of tactical nuclear weapons," Williams discusses the urgent need of citizen involvement in creating a new global movement to ban nukes.
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Nobel Peace Laureate, Jody Williams, Visits Swarthmore College
On Monday, September 28, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Jody Williams visited Swarthmore College to participate in a panel titled “Women in Peace and Conflict.” While at Swarthmore, she also visited Associate Professor of Sociology Lee Smithey’s Strategic Non-Violence Struggles class and discussed her experiences as an activist.
PeaceJam Northwest to feature Nobelist Jody Williams
1997 Nobel Peace Prize winner Jody Williams — who earned the prize for her work establishing the International Campaign to Ban Landmines — will be at the University of Oregon on April 22-23 to headline the annual 2016 Northwest PeaceJam Conference.
Machines can't make life & death decisions: Nobel laureate Jody Williams on new-age weapons
Jody Williams received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 together with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines for their central role in establishing the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. The US-based political activist is known across the world for her efforts to enhance understandings of security and related issues in the world today. She is also the chair of the Noble Women’s Initiative that she founded in 2006 together with five other women Nobel Peace laureates.
Books by Jody Williams
“My Name Is Jody Williams: A Vermont Girl's Winding Path to the Nobel Peace Prize” (2013)
“Ingredients For Peace” (2010)
“Banning Landmines: Disarmament, Citizen Diplomacy, and Human Security (National State Papers (rl)” (2008)
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