Three Women Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Three women were awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, becoming the first women to win since 2004. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, also of Liberia, and Tawakul Karman...
View ArticleSheryl WuDunn on This Year's Nobel Peace Prize Winners
Three women were awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, becoming the first women to win since 2004. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, also of Liberia, and Tawakul Karman...
View ArticleNobel Peace Prize Awarded to European Union
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union this morning for its success in turning a continent marked by war to one of peace. The award comes at an odd time,...
View Article2013 Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Chemical Weapons Watchdog
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)."The work of the OPCW have defined the use of chemical weapons as...
View ArticleA Symbol of Hope: Malala Yousafzai Wins Nobel Peace Prize
In a world where wars rage and oppression flourishes, one young woman stands out as a symbol of peace: Malala Yousafzai. At just 17-years-old, Malala has been awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, an...
View ArticleNobel Peace Prize Winner Kailash Satyarthi's Fight to End Child Labor
Indian human rights activist, Kailash Satyarthi has worked for decades to end child labor. Satyarthi is reported to have rescued over 80,000 children and adolescents from slavery since founding Bachpan...
View ArticleNational Dialogue Quartet in Tunisia Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.The National Dialogue Quartet in Tunisia was awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. According to the Nobel Committee, the group was...
View ArticleNobel Peace Price Awarded to Liu Xiaobo
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo, citing his work as an advocate for human rights, including his participation in the 1989 protests in Tiananmen...
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[Unedited] Wangari Maathai with Krista Tippett
This unedited interview with Wangari Maathai was recorded in 2006 and is included in our show, "Planting the Future." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.This unedited interview with...
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Wangari Maathai — Planting the Future
A remarkable Kenyan woman and environmentalist speaks from experience about the links between ecology, human flourishing, war and peace, and democracy. And she shares her thoughts on where God...
View ArticleLeymah Gbowee Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Peace activist Leymah Gbowee was on the Leonard Lopate Show September 14, 2011, to talk about how she organized women across Liberia to force a peace in after 14 years of ravaging war. She united...
View ArticleDavid Sanger on Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel committee has given this year's peace prize to the European Union. David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, WNYC contributor and author of Confront and Conceal:...
View ArticleJody Williams' Path to the Nobel Peace Prize
Jody Williams, anti-landmine activist, and author ofMy Name is Jody Williams: A Vermont Girl's Winding Path to the Nobel Peace Prize, talks about her activism and her work on women's issues through the...
View ArticleFighting for Human Rights in Bahrain
Maryam al-Khawaja, deputy director of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, talks about her family's work for human rights in Bahrain.→EVENT: Maryam al-Khawaja will speak Tuesday, May 7th at 6:30 at...
View ArticleNobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize goes to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Christiane Amanpour, chief international correspondent for CNN and contributing global affairs anchor for ABC,...
View ArticleThis Year's Nobel Peace Prize is For the Children
Josette Sheeran, the president and CEO of Asia Society, talks about this morning's announcement that children's rights advocates Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India share this...
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A Liberian Nobel Prize Winner Tells Us About Ebola
Leymah Gbowee won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011. Since then, she's been working with girls and women in Africa and in public health - which is especially important in her home country as Liberia...
View ArticlePotential Peace Prize Picks; Decriminalizing Sex Work; Broadway's Boom and Bust
The winners of the Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday. Hear about some of this year’s front runners, including John Kerry, Angela Merkel, and many lesser-known names. Plus: a scandal rocks...
View ArticleNobel Peace Prize Pre-Game
Joshua Keating, staff writer at Slate focusing on international affairs, talks about who's getting attention as potential winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, to be announced Friday morning.Who do...
View ArticleDr. Ben Carson; Taking Down Big Soda; An Anarchist Dog-Walker
The Nobel Prize is arguably the most prestigious recognition of the world’s peace-makers, but can that prestige translate into something more? Hear a conversation about whether the peace prize just...
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