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Guatemalan women turning trash into treasure Anna-Claire Bevan: Creamos began as a workshop teaching women from around Guatemala City's rubbish dump how to make jewellery from recycled materials. Now it has become a thriving business

"There’s no way you can fix a community and say you can find a solution for that community when you only use half of the community,” she said. “When men make peace, it’s not a total peace.” - Leymah Gbowee of Liberia

Liberian Peace Activist Learns of Nobel Peace Prize While on Book Tour Leymah Gbowee embraced the opportunity to reinforce her message, that the role of women in peace-work is essential.