The Contribution of Women to Peace and Reconciliation

Yolande Mukagasana is a widow and survivor genocide against the
Tutsi in Rwanda, in which her children were killed. A writer and lecturer,
she is also the founder of the “Nyamirambo Point d’Appui”, an association
for the memory of the genocide. Advisor to the National Commission
for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG).
Bosiljka Schedlich worked in the field of cultural and educational work
with immigrant women. Since 1991 she has been director of the South -
east Europe Culture Association (südost Europa Kultur) in Berlin, which
seeks to promote and develop tolerance and understanding between
different national and religious groups.
Simone Susskind was the president of the Centre Communautaire Laïc
Juif (1985-1996) in Brussels. She is an activist for human rights, for a
just and sustainable Israeli-Palestinian peace, and for the role of women
in conflict resolution and women’s rights in the Middle East and the
Med iterranean region.
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