Williams, Jody

Williams, Jody
born Oct. 9, 1950, Putney, Vt., U.S.

American activist who in 1992 helped found the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL).

In 1997 she and the ICBL were named corecipients of the Nobel Prize for Peace. She coordinated the launch of the ICBL with the cooperation of six international organizations, with the mission to abolish the use of antipersonnel land mines, of which tens of millions lay unexploded in more than 70 countries. Her efforts bore fruit in December 1997, when the Mine Ban Treaty was signed by more than 100 countries in Ottawa. By 2003 some 130 nations had ratified the treaty, but not the major mine-producing ones, such as the United States, Russia, and China. Williams was coauthor, with Shawn Roberts, of After the Guns Fall Silent: The Enduring Legacy of Landmines (1995).

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▪ American activist
born October 9, 1950, Putney, Vermont, U.S.
 
 American activist who helped found the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). In 1997 she and the campaign were named corecipients of the Nobel Prize for Peace.

      In 1984 Williams received a master's degree from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. She was a co-coordinator of the Nicaragua-Honduras Education Project (1984–86) and deputy director of Medical Aid for El Salvador (1986–92). In October 1992, with the cooperation of six international organizations, she coordinated the launch of the ICBL with the mission of abolishing the use of antipersonnel land mines (land mine). Her efforts bore fruit in December 1997, when the Mine Ban Treaty was signed by more than 100 countries in Ottawa. Within the following decade about 130 countries ratified the treaty—but not the major mine-producing ones, such as the United States, Russia, and China.

      Williams lectured widely on the dangers of land mines, publicizing the presence of tens of millions of unexploded land mines in more than 70 countries. She was coauthor, with Shawn Roberts, of After the Guns Fall Silent: The Enduring Legacy of Landmines (1995), which examined the socioeconomic impact of land mine contamination in four countries. In 2007 she was appointed to lead a United Nations High-Level Mission to investigate human-rights abuses in the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur.

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