7:00pm, Monday 2nd of September, Conway Hall London

This event is a fundraiser for Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa & The British Red Cross

More than 114 million individuals are currently displaced worldwide because of war. Many more are trapped in dangerous conflict zones. A Night for Peace will centre around two fireside conversations with women who know exactly what it feels like to watch their home, community and country be ripped apart by war.

Leymah Gbowee is a Nobel Prize Winning peace activist. Leymah was seventeen years old when the Liberian civil war started and turned her, in her own words, “from a child into an adult in a matter of hours.” While the conflict raged, she became a young mother and eventually trained as a social worker and trauma counselor, working with ex-child soldiers.

Leymah is best known for leading a nonviolent movement that brought together Christian and Muslim women to play a pivotal role in ending Liberia’s devastating fourteen-year civil war in 2003. This historic achievement paved the way for the election of Africa’s first female head of state, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. It also marked the vanguard of a new wave of women emerging worldwide as essential and uniquely effective participants in brokering lasting peace and security. We will sit down with Leymah to discuss her historic achievement and the importance of placing women at the centre of peace negotiations.

Waad Al-Kateab is a BAFTA winning and Oscar nominated filmmaker. In 2011, when protests against the Assad regime swept across Syria, Waad taught herself how to film and became a citizen journalist, determined to document the horrors of the war. The reports she made for Channel 4 News on the conflict in Syria became the most watched pieces on the news programme – and received almost half a billion views online.

Waad documented her whole life, creating the film ‘For Sama’ which won best documentary at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, Best Documentary at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards in 2020 and received a nomination for Best Documentary Feature at the 2020 Academy Awards. Waad will join us to discuss For Sama, as well as her latest documentary, We Dare to Dream, which tells the stories of refugees competing in the Olympic Refugee Team and why journalists and filmmakers are so crucial in raising awareness of conflict globally.

The evening will begin with an introduction featuring Actress Indira Varma (most commonly known for her roles in Macbeth, Game of Thrones, Mission: Impossible, Luther and The Seagull).

This event is a fundraiser for Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa & The British Red Cross.

Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa has trained over 5,000 students in peace building, sexual health, human rights and leadership across Liberia. GPFA is also in the process of building a technical high school for girls in Monrovia, Liberia.

The British Red Cross is a volunteer-led humanitarian organisation that helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. Their work includes support in emergencies, refugee support, independent living services and first aid and humanitarian education.

Event Schedule

7:00pm: Doors Open

7:30pm: Event Introduction featuring Indira Varma

7.45pm: In conversation with Syrian filmmaker and Oscar nominee, Waad Al-Kateab

8.30pm: Break

9.00pm: In conversation with Nobel Peace Prize Winner Leymah Gbowee

10:00pm: Event Ends

TICKETS:

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