[WCUSP] Women Nobel Laureates Call for New U.S.-Iran Engagement

Tue Jan 9 06:37:02 CST 2007

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> Shirin Ebadi is in the US right now.  For those in
> the DC metro area, below is info on a free event
> open to the public and a statement calling for
> constructive engagement between Iran and the US. 
> Following the message is information on the Nobel
> Women's Initiative, a group formed by 6 women Nobel
> laureates.
> 
> Monday, January 8, 2007* 
> *6:30 pm to 8:00 pm*
> *University** of California** *
> *Washington** DC** Center*
> *1608 Rhode Island Avenue NW**
> Washington, DC***
> 
> *The University of California, Center for Arms
> Control and
> Nonproliferation, National Iranian American Council
> and the Nobel
> Women's Initiative cordially invite you to an
> evening dialogue entitled
> REBUILDING US-IRAN RELATIONS
> 
> The event is free and open to the public.  Space is
> limited.  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Nobel Laureates Call for New U.S.-Iran Engagement
>   Council for a Livable World 
>         Two days before President Bush will deliver
> a speech announcing a new course in Iraq which will
> exclude the Iraq Study group's recommendation to
> engage Iran, women Nobel Peace Prize Winners Dr.
> Shirin Ebadi and Professor Jody Williams will be in
> Washington, D.C. to call for constructive US-Iran
> dialogue and engagement. 
> 
>         During a press conference on Monday, January
> 8, 2007, Dr. Ebadi and Prof. Williams will offer
> their views on what can be done to improve relations
> between the U.S. and Iran. Their onging calls for
> non-violent solutions to the stalemate are
> particularly relevant given the recent revelations
> in the media that the Iran Syria Policy and
> Operations Group (ISOG) is intensifying its
> secretive planning on Iran. 
> 
>         Even in the face of Iranian government
> discrimination, 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate and
> Iranian human rights activist Shirin Ebadi
> underscores the dangers of international punishment
> or military interference in Iran. According to Dr.
> Ebadi, "It 's the people of Iran that have to gain
> their own freedom and human rights improvements.
> Military action or other punishments against Iran
> will make the situation for political reformists and
> human rights advocates in Iran a lot more difficult.
> I don't think that Iranian human rights advocates
> need help of that sort from the governments of the
> West. But I expect people in the West to support
> freedom-seekers in Iran." 
> 
>         "What we are calling for is quite simple: a
> nonviolent resolution of the standoff between the
> U.S. and Iran," says Jody Williams. "We do not want
> to see another Iraq and more disruption in the
> volatile and fragile Middle East. We do not want to
> see more suffering among women and children in
> another Middle Eastern country. No more military
> action. We demand a negotiated resolution of the
> standoff." 
> 
> 
>         Dr. Shirin Ebadi, J.D., was awarded the 2003
> Nobel Prize for Peace. She received this award for
> her tireless efforts to promote human rig hts, in
> particular, the rights of women, children, and
> political prisoners in Iran. She is the first Muslim
> woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, and only the
> fifth Muslim to receive a Nobel Prize in any field.
> Dr. Ebadi was one of the first female judges in
> Iran. She served as president of the city court of
> Tehran from 1975 to 1979 and was the first Iranian
> woman to achieve Chief Justice status. She, along
> with other women judges, was dismissed from that
> position after the Islamic Revolution in February
> 1979. She was made a clerk in the court she had once
> presided over, until she petitioned for early
> retirement. After obtaining her lawyer's license in
> 1992, Dr. Ebadi set up private practice. As a
> lawyer, Dr. Ebadi has taken on many controversial
> cases defending political dissidents and as a result
> has been arrested numerous times. She has published
> over 70 articles and 12 books dedicated to various
> aspects of human rights. Dr. Ebadi's latest book,
> Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope, was
> published by Random House in May 2006. 
> 
>         Professor Jody Williams became the tenth
> woman to receive the Nobel Price for Peace in its
> almost 100-year history when she was recognized with
> the Prize in 1997, along with the International
> Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), for her role as
> the founding coordinator of the ICBL. The ICBL's
> work resulted in an international treaty which for
> the first time in history banned a conventional
> weapon in widespread use for almost 100 years. Since
> February 1998, she has served as a Campaign
> Ambassador for the ICBL, speaking globally on its
> behalf. Professor Williams also speaks and writes
> extensively on human rights and human security.
> Prior to beginning the ICBL during the 1980s, she
> worked for eleven years to try to stop US military
> involvement in Central America. Currently, she is
> also a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Social
> Work and Global Justice, in the Graduate College of
> Social Work at the University of Houston. 
> 
> 
>         The Nobel Women's Initiative was established
> in 2006 by sister Nobel Peace Laureates Jody
> Williams, Shirin Ebadi, Wangari Maathai, Rigoberta
> Menchú Tum, Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan
> Maguire. For more information, please visit:
> www.nobelwomensinitiative.org.
> 
>        
>
http://www.nobelwomensinitiative.org/news.php?WEBYEP_DI=8
>         Statement for Peace between Iran and the US 
> 
> 
>        
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