Arlette Ramaroson born Diego Suarez, Madagascar August 14, 1944. Appeals Judge International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; Presiding Judge who found Ildephonse Hategekimana guilty of genocide; also Bisengimana.
"Murder as a crime against humanity. . . Rape as a crime against humanity. . . The Chamber sentenced Ildephonse Hategekimana to a single sentence of life imprisonment." (Dec. 6, 2010 Hategekimana verdict; photo ICTR)
Vonimbolana Rasoazanany born Tananarive, Madagascar November 13, 1950. Judge of International Criminal Court for Yugoslavia, 2003-8.
"Chamber has found him guilty, to impose a single sentence of 5 years’ imprisonment on the Accused Hadžihasanović." (ICC, May 12, 2006, 617; photo ICTY)
Bernadette Rebienot born Libreville, Gabon January 1, 1934. Spiritual leader and healer. Honored by Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) as one of International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers with International Pfeffer Peace Prize, 2013.
“In Gabon, when the Grandmother speak, the President listens. There is war all around us, but there is no war in Gabon. . . Nothing happens in my country without consulting the woman. For the simple reason that the gentle power, the gentle strength, the conserver of our beliefs, is the woman.” (quote and photo nativevillage.org)
Khadija Ryadi born Taroudant, Morocco December 27, 1950. Won UN Human Rights Prize 2013; led Moroccan Human Rights Assn. 2007-14; statistical engineer.
“[I would] like to see that Governments work more on implementation of the provisions of international treaties that they have ratified and also of the laws that they have already enacted.” (UNHRC, Dec. 10, 2013; photo africatopsuccess.com)
Hélène Ryckmans born Thysville, Democratic Republic of Congo May 20, 1959. Active peacemaker in Congo and development sociologist. Belgian President of World According to Women, 1996-2014. Chaired conference on Women, War & Peace, 2004. Green member of Senate, 2014. Nominated Woman of Peace, 2011.
“Sociopolitical violence against women and girls in times of war or in times of 'peace' has increased in all continents. Rape as a weapon of war, recognized as a result of the exactions in the former Yugoslavia, is perpetuated in the different continents.” (“Population and Development”, p. 24; photo pour écrire la liberté)
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