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Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life
by Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan
March 2003
Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace congratulates Her Majesty
Queen Noor of Jordan on the publication of her new book, Leap of
Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life. Her Majesty has been a valued
friend of the Waging network, meeting with women peace builders
in Colombia and throughout the Balkans to support
their work. For information on Her Majesty’s humanitarian projects, visit
http://www.noor.gov.jo/index.htm.
Her Majesty Queen Noor's meeting with Colombian Core Members
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| Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan
with Waging network members in Colombia |
On July 6, 2001, Her Majesty Queen Noor met with Waging members in
Colombia. Martha Eugenia Segura gave an overview of Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace and the current situation in Colombia. She introduced other
network members and each spoke about her peace building work. Her
Majesty recounted her recent trip to Bosnia with Waging, as well
as her work on the eradication of landmines and providing equal education
opportunities for all. The group asked her to pass on her impressions
and notes to Colombian President Andres Pastrana and other officials
she was to meet while in Bogota.
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Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan and Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace Experts
Meeting in Sarajevo
June 2001
Her Majesty Queen Noor
and twenty women peace builders met with domestic government representatives
and international policymakers from the UN, EC, OSCE, and foreign
embassies in Bosnia and Herzegovina for an Experts Meeting on June
10th in Sarajevo. During this meeting, the women leaders and policy
shapers discussed the current situation in Bosnia, identified potential
areas of collaboration, and suggested concrete steps of action.
The women leaders in attendance included Waging member Selma Hadzihalilovic,
along with Vildana Selimbegovic and Dragica Levi, participants
in the Bosnia Interfaith Initiative. Other women leaders included
Dr. Tatjana Ljuljic, a former member of the Presidency; Dr. Azra
Hadziahmnetovic, Minister of Trade, Dr. Mediha Filipovic, Member
of Parliament, Nermina Boljic, Deputy Chair of the Party of Democratic
Action; Dr. Kadija Haracic, Deputy Minister for Human Rights and
Refugees; and Bisera Turkovic, former ambassador to the OSCE, Chair
of the Bosnia Task Force at the Stabilization Pact for South Eastern
Europe. Other participants included: Darko Osmanovic and Esad Numic,
Ombdusmen for Bosnia Herzegovina, Beriz Belikic, Member of the
Presidency; Mirza Hajric, Counselor for International Relations;
Dr. Sonja Moser Starrachj, Head of the European Parliament Mission
to Bosnia Herzegovina, Vincent Coundry, Deputy Chief of Mission
of the UN in Bosnia Herzegovina and others.
In addition to the Experts Meeting, Her Majesty Queen Noor met
with Waging members in the post-Yugoslav region and women religious
leaders who participated in the "Interfaith
Coalitions: A New Resource for Bosnia" conferences in Cambridge
and Sarajevo this February and March. Her Majesty traveled across
the Balkans during the week and used every public opportunity to
profile the work that Waging is doing, both regionally and globally.
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