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Amy Goodman Moderates Grand Opening, WILPF 100th Anniversary Conference

The Hague, Netherlands

April 27, 2015 | Monday | 10:30 am

World Forum

World Forum Theatre
Churchillplein 10
2517 JW Den Haag
Netherlands ( see map )
Amy Goodman will be in The Hague, Netherlands, for the 100th anniversary conference of the peace group, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, WILPF.

On Monday, she will moderate the Grand Opening Plenary of the conference, with the following Nobel Peace Laureates:

Leymah Gbowee, Inspiring Liberian Peace Activist and Distinguished Nobel Peace Laureate, on “Power and Passion to Make Change”
Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Laureate (Iran)
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate (Northern Ireland)
Jody Williams, Leader in Ban Landmines & Global Women’s Movements and Nobel Peace Laureate (US)
Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Peace Laureate (Yemen)

As well as with these distinguished participants:

Joy Onyesoh, Voice of Today’s Women’s Power to Stop, WILPF Nigeria
Madeleine Rees OBE, Secretary General of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, on “100 Year Journey of Approaching Peace Differently”.
Edith Ballantyne, Long-Standing Member of WILPF

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Amy Goodman is the host and executive producer of Democracy Now!, a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 1,400 public television and radio stations worldwide.

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard honored Goodman with the 2014 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence Lifetime Achievement Award....

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