Shadia Marhaban

Overview

Shadia Marhaban born Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia March 29, 1969. Co-founder and President, Aceh Women's League (LINA); member of the Board of Directors, Aceh School for Peace and Democracy. Only woman involved in negotiations of Aceh Peace Agreement, Helsinki, 2005.

Quotations

“[M]eaningful participation of women requires a change in the mindset of the society itself. It is with this conviction that I have made myself useful and active in advocacy not only for rights of women but also on creating networks of women mediators in the region so that they are equipped to take on new responsibilities with forceful confidence. Only when women become mediators in the fullest meaning of the word that the dynamics of the peace process would translate into 'justice and dignity for all.'" (UNDPAsia, June 26, 2014; photo n-peace.net)