The third edition of the Normandy World Peace Forum took place the 1st and 2nd October 2020 in Caen on "Preventing War: responding to new threats". Women will be one of the main themes. To highlight some of them, Normandy for Peace partnered with the Institut National de l'Audiovisuel for the webserie Women of Peace.

Isabelle Autissier

Former navigator who became writer, committed to the environement

 

 

Angela Davis

Feminist activist and icon of the fight against racial segregation in the USA

 

 

Shirin Ebadi

First Iranian judge, Nobel Peace Prize 2003…

 

 

Leymah Gbowee

Organizer of a sex strile to impose peace in Liberia, joint winner of the Nobel Prize 2011

 

 

Beate Klarsfeld

Figure of the fight against the oblivion of the Shoah, in Germany and in the world

 

 

Lina Ben Mhenni

Tunisian blogger, heroine of the Arab Spring,

 

 

Eva Peron

Mythical figure of the fight for women rights and the vulnerable in Argentina and South America

 

 

Nadejda Tolokonnikova

Member of the Pussy Riot

 

 

Louise Weiss

Activist for women rights, war resister and convinced European

 

 

Miriam Makeba

Singer and figure of the fight against injustice and totalitarism