{"id":409,"date":"2015-02-26T18:29:23","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T22:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cpnn-world.org\/temp\/?p=409"},"modified":"2026-01-26T18:37:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:37:04","slug":"esther-abimiku-ibanga-founder-and-president-of-the-women-without-walls-initiative-to-receive-the-niwano-peace-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=409","title":{"rendered":"Esther Abimiku Ibanga, Founder of The Women Without Walls to receive the Niwano Peace Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"
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.. WOMEN’S EQUALITY ..<\/p>\n

an article by Niwano Peace Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n

The 32nd Niwano Peace Prize is awarded to Mrs. Esther Abimiku Ibanga of Nigeria, a pastor and an activist. She founded \u201cWomen Without Walls Initiative\u201d in March 2010, born out of the desperation to put an end to the violent and senseless killings of women and children in Plateau state Nigeria. Since inception, the organization has become a strong coalition of women groups across religious and ethnic divides. From this platform, women have been placed at an advantageous position of raising their voices in the calls for peace in the troubled regions of Nigeria.<\/p>\n

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Wowwi has brought to the fore the power of women\u2019s voices and created an opportunity for an organised platform for women to play an active role in peace building. It is on record that Women Without Walls Initiative is the first organization to have on its membership all the tribal women leaders, including Christian and Muslim women leaders. These women act as entry points into the various communities in her city particularly in reaching the youths and all community stakeholders. A courageous and dedicated religious leader, Esther has worked extensively to foster and facilitate reconciliation between conflicting religious and tribal groups. <\/p>\n

The presentation ceremony will take place in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, May 14th, at 10:30 a.m. In addition to an award certificate, Mrs. Ibanga will receive a medal and twenty million yen. <\/p>\n

To avoid undue emphasis on any particular religion or region, every year the Peace Foundation solicits nominations from people of recognized intellectual and religious stature around the world. In the nomination process, some 600 people and organizations, representing 125 countries and many religions, are asked to propose candidates. Nominations are rigorously screened by the Niwano Peace Prize International Selection Committee, which was set up in May of 2003 on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Niwano Peace Prize. The Committee presently consists of eleven religious leaders from various parts of the world, all of whom are involved in movements for peace and inter-religious cooperation.<\/p>\n

Here are some comments by members of the committee on the selection of Esther Ibanga for this year’s award:<\/p>\n

– A courageous and dedicated religious leader who has worked extensively on fostering co-operation and understanding amongst religious groups. Takes a firm and decisive stand regarding the empowerment of women and has been vocal on the Boko Haram kidnappings.(by N. Walaza)<\/p>\n

A female pastor and activist, Esther Ibanga works tirelessly calling government and decision makers to address women issues. Like in most conflicts in Africa women and children are the ones who suffer most the consequences of conflict. Pastor Esther Iyaku Ibanga\u2019s work focuses mainly on promoting and harnessing women\u2019s potential as peace makers. As mothers, women are the first educators of human kind because education starts at home. Her recent strong stand against the kidnapping of school girls by Boko Haram is to be commended.(by S.Mbacke)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Can the women of Africa lead the continent to peace?<\/a><\/p>\n

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African Women's Journal: African Women in Power\/Politics<\/a><\/p>\n

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.. WOMEN’S EQUALITY .. an article by Niwano Peace Foundation The 32nd Niwano Peace Prize is awarded to Mrs. Esther Abimiku Ibanga of Nigeria, a pastor and an activist. She founded \u201cWomen Without Walls Initiative\u201d in March 2010, born out of the desperation to put an end to the violent and senseless killings of women … Continue reading Esther Abimiku Ibanga, Founder of The Women Without Walls to receive the Niwano Peace Prize<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,12],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-africa","category-women","tag-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37692,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions\/37692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}