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The Sydney Peace Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation
which was created in 1998 as a partnership
between business, media, public service, community
and academic interests. The Foundation aims
to promote peace with justice in Australia.
Peace with justice relates to a way of thinking and
acting which promotes non-violent solutions to every
day problems and contributes to the development of civil societies. |
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2010 Sydney Peace Prize to Dr. Vandana Shiva, Indian Scientist and Environmental Campaigner
The distinguished Indian physicist and environmentalist Dr. Vandana Shiva is the recipient of the 2010 Sydney Peace Prize.
The citation for Dr. Shiva’s selection reads, “For courageous leadership of movements for social justice – the empowerment of women in developing countries, advocacy of the human rights of small farming communities and for her scientific analysis of environmental sustainability.”
Dr. Shiva will give the City of Sydney Peace Prize Lecture in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House on November 3rd.
She will receive the 2010 Sydney Peace Prize at a gala dinner in the University of Sydney’s MacLaurin Hall on the evening of November 4th. .
She will be the guest of 1,500 high school children at a peace festival held at Cabramatta High School on Friday, November 5th. [More info] [Profile]
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Prof Muhammad Yunus, ‘Banker to the poor’and Founder of the Grameen Bank
The Sydney Peace Foundation, together with the Centre for Social Impact, World Vision, and Business for Millenium Development, present:
1998 Sydney Peace Prize Recipient, Prof Muhammad Yunus speaking on Abolishing Poverty – The Human Rights Priority . [More]
MC Mary Kostakidis
This page will be updated soon with video footage of this event.
Monday, 8 March 2010
from 5pm to 6.15pm
Wesley Conference Centre, 220 Pitt Street, Sydney
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Australian Journalist Wins 2009 Sydney Peace Prize
Mr John Pilger, world renowned journalist, author and film-maker, is the 2009 Sydney Peace Prize recipient. [more]
Mr Pilger gave the 2009 City of Sydney Peace Prize Lecture at the Sydney Opera House on Thursday 5 November at 8 pm.
Transcripts available -
Download file
(mp3 - 36MB download)
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The Sydney Peace Prize trophy is created by renowned Australian 'artist in glass', Mr Brian Hirst. |
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The Sydney Peace Prize
The Sydney Peace Prize is the only International Peace Prize awarded in Australia. This Prize has global significance in terms of the support and recognition given to leaders for peace.
The citation for the Sydney Peace Prize refers to significant contributions to 'peace with justice', which could include:
- treaties to achieve nuclear disarmament, to ban land mines, and to end religious and ethnic violence.
- initiatives to abolish the injustices of hunger and poverty, unemployment, homelessness and illiteracy, domestic violence and infant mortality.
- individual and community fulfilment through the creation of rewarding opportunities in employment and education.
Each year the prize is awarded to an organisation or individual
- who has made significant contributions to global peace including improvements in personal security and steps towards eradicating poverty, and other forms of structural violence
- whose role and responsibilities enable the recipient to use the prize to further the cause of peace with justice
- whose work illustrates the philosophy and principles of non-violence
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