Woman PeaceMaker Receives International Honor

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January 24, 2008

When Shreen Abdul Saroor of Sri Lanka was selected as a Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Woman PeaceMaker (WPM) in 2004, it was because of her willingness to stand up for the rights of women in her country despite the traumatic circumstances in which they were living. Her continued dedication to forging post-war change and pioneering peace was why she was asked to return to the IPJ last fall as part of the first Women PeaceMaker’s Summitt.

Saroor continues to be honored for her work as an advocate for human rights and was recently selected for the 2008 Voices of Courage Award from the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children. (Full story)