Category Archives : 1000.Spain


MAITE PAGAZAURTUNDÚA (Spain)

“We think it is possible to overcome violence through democracy and humanism.” Maite Pagazaurtundúa is a Basque philologist and politician. She has been a socialist member of the Basque Parliament and is now a local councilor at Urnieta (Guipuzcoa). In 2000, she was one of the founders of Basta Ya, (Enough is Enough!), a social […]

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MAITE PAGAZAURTUNDÚA (Spain)

“I dream of a world where we do not have plans for equality, because equality already exists.” Montserrat Sampere Martín (36) works for equality at the San Fermín Project Association, initiated in 1991 by the neighborhood association in San Fermín, a Madrid suburb. The town is faced with serious social problems. The Association has taken […]


MERCEDES GARCÍA FORNIELES (Spain)

“Women are born to dialogue, true dialogue that looks into the eyes of the other.” Since the 1980s, Mercedes García Fornieles has been working for sustainable development, peace, and the promotion of respect between the local population and migrants working in intensive agriculture in the region of Almeria, Spain. She is the president of the […]

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MIREIA URANGA ARAKISTAIN (Spain)

“Peace is dignity, well-being, and beauty. These are concepts that must not be converted into poison.” Mireia Uranga, born in Spain in 1966, is a peace educator who believes in dialogue and conflict mediation. She is an adviser at Gernika Gogoratuz Peace Research Center, an independent center that applies new strategies for the development of […]