Leaders

Either with their words or actions, the individuals listed below have fought for peace.

Lev Tolstoy
described the war not as a heroic deed but as a cause of suffering of innocent people
Mahatma Gandhi
fought injustice and violence with nonviolence
Nelson Mandela
conquered the Apartheid with nonviolence
Satish Kumar
made a "peace walk" to 4 countries with greatest nuclear power capacity
Leymah Gbowee
United Muslim & Christian women who ended the war in Liberia
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The new documentary, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, tells the story of a group of women who ended Liberia's second civil war. NPR's Tony Cox talks with Leymah Gbowee, one of the women featured in the film, about how she mobilized a coalition of Christian and Muslim women to stand up to Liberia's violent warlords. News & Notes, November 25, 2008. Photo courtesy of Eastern Mennonite University

Population At War Map

Territory size shows the proportion of people worldwide living in territories not free of war, for the years 1945 to 2004.

"The majority of the population in each territory [where was has taken place] has had very little influence on decisions to go to war."

Quote and map courtesy of WorldMapper.org

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