08 June - Gender - Campaign calls for recognition of African women by Nobel Peace Prize committee

In today’s edition we spoke to Dr Elaine Salo - Director of the Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Pretoria. We discussed the campaign calling for the next Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded to African women. The campaign titled Nobel Peace Prize for African Women was launched by the Nobel Peace Prize for African Woman (NOPPAW) Organisation a couple of years ago. The campaign urges the international community to find a way to make a crucial difference. This includes awarding the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 to the African Woman so that her daily struggle might be better publicized, appreciated and held as an example to facilitate human growth in Africa and the world. You are encouraged to back the campaign by signing the online petition on www.noppaw.org