Marianne Schnall interviews Nobel Peace Prize laureates and Olga Hamama, the president of United for Ukraine who are working to voice the gendered aspects of the war in Ukraine.
Author and journalist Marianne Schnall interviewed the American anti-war activist Jody Williams, Yemeni human rights activist Tawakkol Karman and Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee who are Nobel Peace Prize laureates and Olga Hamama, the president of United for Ukraine. to learn about their campaign to build solidarity with Ukrainian women.
The interview focuses on the motivations of their visit, highlights their experiences with them and their call for action. Below we share an excerpt from Marianne Schnall’s interview published at Forbes.
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To highlight the role of Ukrainian women and ensure that their voices in the war are heard, a delegation including three Nobel Peace Prize laureates—American anti-war activist Jody Williams, Yemeni human rights activist Tawakkol Karman and Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee—traveled to Lviv, Ukraine, as well as Kraków, Poland, which has taken in over one million Ukrainian refugees. They met with hundreds of displaced women and dozens of women’s organizations, shelters, human rights organizations, humanitarian agencies and activists, as well as the mayors of both cities.
The delegates’ visit led to the development of the Women Lead Initiative, a newly launched global campaign that aims to raise awareness of the ongoing war, uplift the role of Ukrainian women in their fight for peace and freedom, and raise 10 million euro to support sustainable civil society based projects in Ukraine benefiting female leaders, activists and entrepreneurs. Women Lead was created jointly by United for Ukraine (UFU), an international NGO effectively addressing Ukraine’s imminent needs for emergency relief and consolidating action to rebuild the country, and Nobel Women’s Initiative (NWI)—an international advocacy organization created by several women Nobel Peace Prize laureates who united to increase the power and visibility of women’s groups working globally for peace, justice and equality.
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Marianne Schnall is a widely-published interviewer, journalist and author. She is also the founder of Feminist.com and What Will It Take Movements and the host of the podcast ShiftMakers.