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Jody Williams
Helping organise the international campaign to ban anti-personnel landmines.
ICBL coordination · Mine Ban Treaty
- Born
- 9 October 1950
- Birthplace
- Rutland, Vermont, United States
More people
Jody Williams
Jody Williams is an American campaigner who shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.
Early life
Vermont upbringing
Grew up in Vermont and studied languages and international relations.
Early work
Worked in teaching and campaigns concerning Central America.
Career
- 1980s
Human-rights organising
Worked on projects connected with conflict in Central America.
- 1992
Landmine campaign
Became founding coordinator of the international coalition.
- 1997
Treaty and Nobel
The campaign helped secure the Mine Ban Treaty and received the peace prize.
Campaigns
ICBL coordination
Connected organisations campaigning against landmines.
Mine Ban Treaty
Helped build support for an international prohibition.
Nobel Women’s Initiative
Co-founded a network of women peace laureates.
Beyond campaigning
Teaching
Has taught peace and human-rights subjects.
Memoir
Published My Name Is Jody Williams in 2013.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Nobel Prize: award and biography ↗Photo: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA. CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
