I just checked that a Pakistani female activist has been nominated for Nobel Peace Prize this year
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Akhtar Riazuddin
Akhtar Riazuddin reaches out to thousands of poor urban homes in Pakistan through the NGO she founded for women's development in 1968.
Behbud Association of Pakistan (BAP)
http://www.1000peacewomen.org/eng/html/nominierte/treffer.php
Akhtar Riazuddin (born 1928) reaches out to thousands of poor homes in Pakistan through the Behbud Association of Pakistan (BAP), an NGO that she founded in 1968 for community development. A woman of many talents, Akhtar brought significant changes in the status of women in Pakistan when she served as a top-ranking bureaucrat in the federal government. She is also a gifted Urdu writer and has extensively researched the crafts of India and Pakistan. "
This article just published provides some insight on 1000 women nominated for Nobel Pea ce http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/6/inktomi255758.php
Why not Indira Goswami who ( unlike Indira Gandhi) wants peace , and if she is successful - be nominatyed for next year's Nobel Peace Prize?
Umesh
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