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Abir Haj Ibrahim
Abir Haj Ibrahim (born 3 April 1973) is a Syrian peace activist known for her work in promoting non-violence and peacebuilding in the Middle East. She co-founded a company to train peace activists which won a Livia award. She was a finalist for the 2023 Women Building Peace Awards. Life Ibrahim was born in Damascus on 3 April 1973. She had worked for the Total oil company in Syria before she decided to assist peace. She was a co-founder of a civic training company called Mobaderoon which trains peace ambassadors. She became a trustee of International Alert and Mobaderoon won a 2014 Livia prize for encouraging non-violence. In November 2023 she was in The Hague in the Netherlands for a "Shaping Feminist Foreign Policy Conference" organised by the Dutch government. The International Civil Society Action Network organised a side event on flexible feminist funding and Ibrahim was a panel member. She recounted how they had funding for peace initiatives earlier that year, but there had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, the east and southeast, Jordan to Jordan–Syria border, the south, and Israel and Lebanon to Lebanon–Syria border, the southwest. It is a republic under Syrian transitional government, a transitional government and comprises Governorates of Syria, 14 governorates. Damascus is the capital and largest city. With a population of 25 million across an area of , it is the List of countries and dependencies by population, 57th-most populous and List of countries and dependencies by area, 87th-largest country. The name "Syria" historically referred to a Syria (region), wider region. The modern state encompasses the sites of several ancient kingdoms and empires, including the Eblan civilization. Damascus was the seat of the Umayyad Caliphate and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women Building Peace Award
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is an American independent, nonprofit, national institute funded by the U.S. Congress and tasked with promoting conflict resolution and prevention worldwide. See alsPDF on USIP website. It provides research, analysis, and training to individuals in diplomacy, mediation, and other peace-building measures. Following years of proposals for a national peace academy, USIP was established in 1984 by congressional legislation signed into law by President Ronald Reagan. It is officially nonpartisan and independent, receiving funding only through a congressional appropriation to prevent outside influence. The institute is governed by a bipartisan board of directors with 15 members, which must include the secretary of defense, the secretary of state, and the president of the National Defense University. The remaining 12 members are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. The institute's headquarters is in the Foggy Bottom neighb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Total Oil
TotalEnergies SE is a French multinational integrated energy and petroleum company founded in 1924 and is one of the seven supermajor oil companies. Its businesses cover the entire oil and gas chain, from crude oil and natural gas exploration and production to power generation, transportation, refining, petroleum product marketing, and international crude oil and product trading. TotalEnergies is also a large-scale chemicals manufacturer. TotalEnergies has its head office in the Tour Total in La Défense district in Courbevoie, west of Paris. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index. In the 2023 ''Forbes'' Global 2000, TotalEnergies was ranked as the 21st largest company in the world. History 1924–1985: Compagnie Française des Pétroles The company was founded after World War I, when petrol was seen as vital in case of a new war with Germany. The then-French President Raymond Poincaré rejected the idea of forming a partnership with Royal Dut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Alert
International Alert is a global peacebuilding charity established in 1986. It aims to promote dialogue, training, research, policy analysis, advocacy, and outreach activities. The organization addresses the root causes of conflict by working with over 800 partner organizations on projects that advance conflict resolution and support human rights. International Alert operates in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Colombia, the Caucasus, and Ukraine. International Alert GB is headquartered in Oval, in the London Borough of Lambeth, with another office in The Hague, Europe. In the 2019/20 financial year, International Alert GB had a total income of £17.6 million. During this period, the organization employed 300 people across nineteen countries and utilized the services of 23,000 volunteers. Michael Young served as the chief executive officer from September 2019 until February 2021, when Nic Hailey succeeded him as executive director. The chairperson of Alert's board of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Turkey Floods
The 2023 Turkish floods were a series of devastating floods that occurred in two Turkish provinces, Şanlıurfa and Adıyaman, on 15 March 2023. The floods were caused by torrential rains that occurred just one month after a deadly earthquake struck the same regions. Impact At least 21 people died in the floods; 17 in Şanlıurfa and four in Adıyaman. Among the dead included a one-year-old child. A container home in Tut, where earthquake survivors were living, was swept away, killing two people, and four others were reported missing. In Şanlıurfa, five Syrian nationals were found dead inside a flooded basement apartment, while two other bodies were retrieved from a trapped van at an underpass. Additionally, four people were killed, and two firefighters were reported missing. The floods caused extensive damage, and several people were evacuated from a drenched campsite where earthquake survivors were sheltering in tents. In Şanlıurfa, the intensive care unit of the Eyy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 How Women On The Front Lines Forge Peace - 1
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the Hindu-Arabic digit Brahmic numerals represented 1, 2, and 3 with as many lines. 4 was simplified by joining its four lines into a cross that looks like the modern plus sign. The Shunga would add a horizontal line on top of the digit, and the Kshatrapa and Pallava evolved the digit to a point where the speed of writing was a secondary concern. The Arabs' 4 still had the early concept of the cross, but for the sake of efficiency, was made in one stroke by connecting the "western" end to the "northern" end; the "eastern" end was finished off with a curve. The Europeans dropped the finishing curve and gradually made the digit less cursive, ending up with a digit very close to the original Brahmin cross. While the shape of the character for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Institute Of Peace
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is an American independent, nonprofit, national institute funded by the U.S. Congress and tasked with promoting conflict resolution and prevention worldwide. See alsPDF on USIP website. It provides research, analysis, and training to individuals in diplomacy, mediation, and other peace-building measures. Following years of proposals for a national peace academy, USIP was established in 1984 by congressional legislation signed into law by President Ronald Reagan. It is officially nonpartisan and independent, receiving funding only through a congressional appropriation to prevent outside influence. The institute is governed by a bipartisan board of directors with 15 members, which must include the United States Secretary of Defense, secretary of defense, the United States Secretary of State, secretary of state, and the president of the National Defense University (Washington, D.C.), National Defense University. The remaining 12 members are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petronille Vaweka
Petronille Vaweka (born 1948), is a humanitarian NGO activist who led the Ituri Interim Assembly of Ituri Interim Administration, while in transition from the status of a district of Orientale Province to a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She won the Women Building Peace Award in 2023. Life Vaweka was born in about 1948. She was brought up in small village near Lake Albert where her father's business was fish. She had a carefree childhood and she went to the Sisters of Mary Ingelmunster's school in the city of Bunia which is the capital of Ituri province. She was to have six of her own children and a good number of grandchildren, but she also adopted more. She took on about thirty children and some of those she adopted had been child soldiers in the violence that was endemic in her country. She became the interim chairperson of the Ituri Interim Assembly of Ituri Interim Administration, while in transition from the status of a district of Orientale Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Marcelle Deschamps
Marie-Marcelle Deschamps (born c.1953) is a Haitian doctor working to support women. She has received awards for her forty years leading the health facility that she helped found including the Legion of Merit. She was a finalist for the 2023 Women Building Peace Award. Life Deschamps is from Haiti and she graduated from the State University of Haiti as a doctor in 1979. She trained under Anthony Fauci in the early 1980s as she completed post-graduate studies at the National Institute of Health in Maryland (NIH) and the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. Deschamps is considered one of the founders of GHESKIO in Port-au-Prince and its second in command. It is led by Jean William “Bill” Pape who started it in 1982. and she has worked there for over 40 years. Haiti has no president; its prime minister was exiled and the main hope of regaining order in 2024 was 300 Kenyan police officers who had arrived in 2024 to help a country subject to gang law an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamisa Zaja
Hamisa Zaja (c.1972 - ) is a Kenyan empowering persons with disabilities. She founded the Coastal Association for People with Disabilities. In 2024 she was a finalist in the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) International Women Building Peace Award. Life Zaja was born in about 1972 in Kenya's Mombasa County. She was treated for fever when she was a child and as a result she has a paralysed leg. She went to Port Ritz School for the Physically Handicapped and then Mama Ngina Girls' Secondary School. She knew that her family organised marriages for their children, but no candidates were identified for her. She went on to graduate in business administration. Zaja founded the Coastal Association for People with Disabilities. She was chosen to be on the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program. file:2024 How Women on the Front Lines Forge Peace - 1.jpg, Four candidates at the Women Building Peace Awards. Zaja, Marie-Marcelle Deschamps, USIP's Megan B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geir Otto Pedersen
Geir Otto Pedersen (born 28 September 1955) is a Norwegian diplomat, who is currently the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria. Career Born in Oslo, Pedersen is a cand.philol. by education and started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1985. In 1993, Pedersen was a member of the Norwegian team to the Oslo negotiations, which led to the signing of the Declaration of Principles and mutual recognition between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel. In the following years, from 1995 to 1998, Pedersen held several positions at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1998, he was posted abroad, serving as the Norwegian Representative to the Palestinian Authority. Pedersen later worked for the United Nations in several roles, which included as the Personal Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Southern Lebanon from 2005 to 2007, and following as the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Specia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Nations Security Council
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, and approving any changes to the UN Charter. Its powers as outlined in the United Nations Charter include establishing peacekeeping operations, enacting international sanctions, and authorizing military action. The UNSC is the only UN body with authority to issue resolutions that are binding on member states. Like the UN as a whole, the Security Council was created after World War II to address the failings of the League of Nations in maintaining world peace. It held its first session on 17 January 1946 but was largely paralysed in the following decades by the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union (and their allies). Nevertheless, it authorized military interventions in the Korean War and the Congo Crisis and peaceke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
