Quarterly e-News
Fall 2005
ISSUE No. 2

PUBLISHER
wwsf Women’s World
Summit Foundation

EDITOR /
CONTRIBUTORS
Elly Pradervand
Laure Maitrejean
Linda Ros
Evelyne Perdikis
Pierre Pradervand
Jean-Daniel Rey
Christophe Duchâtel

ABOUT WWSF
An international NGO
network for the imple-
mentation of women’s
and children’s rights
and the Millennium
Development Goals
MDGs

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Women’s section - wwsf@wwsf.ch

Prize for women’s creativity in rural life 2005

We are happy to present to you the names of the 20 Laureates selected in 2005.
You can read about their work at http://www.woman.ch/women/1-laureates.asp


Laureates are honored at local award ceremonies and a WWSF representative will personally award the Togolese prize winner, Agnélé Delali Mensah, on 15 October in Togo where the government will launch a National Rural Women’s Day on the same day.

 
AFRICA    
R. D. Congo Esther OPANGA-NDJOWO Good survival first
Mali Association ESSEM Healing ills of rural exodus
Mali Association IDL JEUNESSE DEGUENA Preventing ills of rural exodus
Togo Agnélé Delali Christine MENSAH Educational sketches for development
ASIA    
Armenia Mariam GRIGORYAN Business to encourage rural traditions
China Wang SHUXIU Self-made millionaire returns to village roots
China Zheng BING A strong rope is made from many strands
India Dhuliben Bhavanbhai KHANT A grassroots engineer beats the pros
India Jagran Jan Vikas Samiti INSTITUTE Empowering traditional rural healers
India Revaben Jatanbhai BARIYA Grassroots forester shows the way
Indonesia Tisna Sutisnawaty NANDO At the heart of the tsunami
Kyrgyzstan Mairam OMURZAKOVA Nomadic tourism and sustainable development
Kyrgyzstan Elmira Sultanovna IBRAIMOVA Commitment and integrity challenge nepotism
Nepal Sohorati THARU Empowering women to fight for justice
Nepal Tara Aryal KARKI Reporting for change and dignity
Pakistan Dure-e-SHAHWAR Establishing women’s self-help groups
MIDDLE EAST    
Palestine Maryim SHADEED Empowering rural women
LATIN AMERICA    
Nicaragua Elba Rivera URBINA Biological agriculture for the poorest
EUROPE    
Poland Barbara BURZYNSKA From slogans to functioning reality
Romania Geta HEREDEA Building hope with hands and hammer

303 Laureates awarded since 1994 with the Prize for women’s creativity in rural life

World Rural Women’s Day – 15 October
 WWSF global awareness campaign to increase knowledge and empowerment

2005 OPEN LETTER to rural women of the world
empowers them to hold their leaders to account and demand that promises are kept; to inform themselves, link with others, and mobilize for action. Celebrated for the past 10 years, WWSF invites you to download the 2005 campaign poster and Open Letter for your events and distribution.
http://www.woman.ch/women/2-poster.asp
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World Day for Circles of Compassion-2 November 2005
UPDATE - OPEN LETTER to Circle Members

Creating compassionate societies and a world that works for all.
http://www.woman.ch/women/3-workshop.asp

“Compassion is a mental attitude based on the wish for others to be free of their suffering and is associated with a sense of commitment, responsibility and respect towards others.” - HH Dalai Lama

In 2003, WWSF* launched the concept of Circles of Compassion and the World Day http://www.woman.ch/women/3-introduction.asp in partnership with the Millionth Circle. The response was immediate, and in the first year close to 100 Circles were spontaneously launched around the world, mostly in Third World countries. WWSF regularly gives Circle training workshops in Geneva (and other places in Europe). To register for the training in French (5-6 November 2005) or in English (10-11 December 2005), please use the Internet link http://www.woman.ch/women/3-introduction.asp or E-mail: wwsf@wwsf.ch directly.

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