Happenings
- POTW exhibit at WSU through April 5, 2013
- POTW exhibit in Portland May 3 - June 14, 2013
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Women peacemakers born today
- 1914 Dr. Sushila Nayar born Kunjah, Punjab, India (d. 2001). Gandhi's doctor; member of Gandhi's ashram; participated in nonviolent protests, jailed 1942-4; active in Gandhi's Noakhali campaign for religious harmony; participated in Bhave's Bhoodan movement; Indian Minister of Health, 1962.
- 1928 Patricia Montandon (née Clay) born Merkel, TX. Peace activist; founded Children as the Peacemakers, 1982; Banner of Hope for children killed in war; opposed Gulf War and nuclear warfare.
- 1998 Naomi Kodama. Organized tsunami relief donations, 2005; fundraised for Nothing But Nets against malaria; multilingual UN Champion, 2011.
Women's peacemaking on this day
- 1946 Muslim woman Amtussalam began 25-day fast for nonviolence at Sirandi.
- 1990 Arab Women's Union ship delivering food to Iraq seized by US off Masira.
- 1992 Women in Black demonstrate in Belgrade against wartime rape.
- 2003 Anne Farina of St. Louis hit in leg by Israeli bullet in nonviolent protest at Mas'ha, West Bank.
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