Event Title
Opening Keynote Address
Location
Zoom
Event Website
http://www.events.westernu.ca/events/western-international/2021-06/caas-conference-keynote.html
Start Date
7-6-2021 12:15 PM
End Date
7-6-2021 1:15 PM
Document Type
Keynote
Description
2011 Nobel Peace Laureate & Founder/President, Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa (GPFA)
2011 Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Roberta Gbowee is a Liberian Peace Activist, Trained Social Worker and Women’s Rights Advocate. She is the Founder and current President of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa (GPFA). She also currently serves as the Executive Director of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Program at the Columbia University’s Earth Institute in New York, USA. She is the Co-Founder and former Executive Director of the Women, Peace and Security Network Africa (WIPSEN-A) and a Founding Member and former Liberia Coordinator of Women in Peacebuilding Network (WIPNET).
Madam Gbowee currently serves as a Member of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocates and alumina for the United Nations (UN) and UN High Level Advisory Board on Mediation. She is a Member of the World Refugee Council (WRC), African Women Leaders Network for Reproductive Health and Family Planning, International Honorary Committee of the Global Biosphere Institute, Aurora Prize Selection Committee and the Hilton Humanitarian Prize Jury.
She was appointed by Canadian Prime Minister to serve as a member of the Gender Equality Advisory Council during his G7 Presidency. She was recently appointed a member of the International Higher Committee of Human Fraternity, Abu Dhabi and a member of the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Corporation New York respectively. Madam Gbowee serves on various other boards across the world.
She holds a M.A. in Conflict Transformation from Eastern Mennonite University (Harrisonburg, VA), and a Doctor of Laws (LLD) Honoris Causa from the Rhodes University in South Africa, University of Alberta in Canada, University of Dundee in Scotland; Doctor of Specialty Management and Conflict Resolution Honoris Causa from the Polytechnic University in Mozambique; Doctor of Humane Letters Honoris Causa from the Gustavus Adolphus College in USA, Starz University in Liberia, Dartmouth College in USA; Doctor of International Affairs Honoris Causa from the American University’s School of International Service in USA, Cedar Crest College in USA; Doctor of Justice Honoris Causa from her Alma Mater the Eastern Mennonite University in USA; Doctor of Arts for Services to Social Justice Honoris Causa from the University of Wincester in England and Doctor of Horns Honoris Causa from the Ghent University in Belgium. After receiving the Barnard College Medal of Distinction, she was named as a Distinguished Fellow in Social Justice and a Visiting Transnational Fellow at the Center for Research on Women, and a Fellow in Residence at the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College for the 2013–2015 Academic Years. From 2015–2016, She was appointed Distinguished Scholar-Activist in Residence at the Union Theological Seminary.
She is married to Mr. Jay Kesselee Fatormah and is the proud mother of Eight (8) wonderful children. Madam Gbowee is a Christian and proudly calls herself a “Daughter of Glorious Jesus”.
*Please note this session will be recorded and posted on this page after the conference.
Panel Recording
Opening Keynote Address
Zoom
2011 Nobel Peace Laureate & Founder/President, Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa (GPFA)
2011 Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Roberta Gbowee is a Liberian Peace Activist, Trained Social Worker and Women’s Rights Advocate. She is the Founder and current President of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa (GPFA). She also currently serves as the Executive Director of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Program at the Columbia University’s Earth Institute in New York, USA. She is the Co-Founder and former Executive Director of the Women, Peace and Security Network Africa (WIPSEN-A) and a Founding Member and former Liberia Coordinator of Women in Peacebuilding Network (WIPNET).
Madam Gbowee currently serves as a Member of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocates and alumina for the United Nations (UN) and UN High Level Advisory Board on Mediation. She is a Member of the World Refugee Council (WRC), African Women Leaders Network for Reproductive Health and Family Planning, International Honorary Committee of the Global Biosphere Institute, Aurora Prize Selection Committee and the Hilton Humanitarian Prize Jury.
She was appointed by Canadian Prime Minister to serve as a member of the Gender Equality Advisory Council during his G7 Presidency. She was recently appointed a member of the International Higher Committee of Human Fraternity, Abu Dhabi and a member of the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Corporation New York respectively. Madam Gbowee serves on various other boards across the world.
She holds a M.A. in Conflict Transformation from Eastern Mennonite University (Harrisonburg, VA), and a Doctor of Laws (LLD) Honoris Causa from the Rhodes University in South Africa, University of Alberta in Canada, University of Dundee in Scotland; Doctor of Specialty Management and Conflict Resolution Honoris Causa from the Polytechnic University in Mozambique; Doctor of Humane Letters Honoris Causa from the Gustavus Adolphus College in USA, Starz University in Liberia, Dartmouth College in USA; Doctor of International Affairs Honoris Causa from the American University’s School of International Service in USA, Cedar Crest College in USA; Doctor of Justice Honoris Causa from her Alma Mater the Eastern Mennonite University in USA; Doctor of Arts for Services to Social Justice Honoris Causa from the University of Wincester in England and Doctor of Horns Honoris Causa from the Ghent University in Belgium. After receiving the Barnard College Medal of Distinction, she was named as a Distinguished Fellow in Social Justice and a Visiting Transnational Fellow at the Center for Research on Women, and a Fellow in Residence at the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College for the 2013–2015 Academic Years. From 2015–2016, She was appointed Distinguished Scholar-Activist in Residence at the Union Theological Seminary.
She is married to Mr. Jay Kesselee Fatormah and is the proud mother of Eight (8) wonderful children. Madam Gbowee is a Christian and proudly calls herself a “Daughter of Glorious Jesus”.
*Please note this session will be recorded and posted on this page after the conference.
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