The Nobel Peace Prize

The Founder of the Prizes

In the 1890’s, Swedish, Alfred Nobel donated his large fortune to the Nobel prizes. He dedicated the award to “the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promoting of peace congresses”.

 

An example of a Nobel Peace Prize is Kofi Annan "...for their work for a better organisation and more peaceful world..."

The First Peace Prize

Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, shared the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901 with Frederic Passy, a leading international pacifist of the time.

In addition to humanitarian efforts and peace movements, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded for work in a wide range of fields including advocacy of human rights, mediation of international conflicts, and arms control.

Number of Prizes

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to 120 Laureates - 97 times to individuals and 23 times to organizations.

The Gender Allocation

Of the 97 individuals awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 12 were women

Oraganisations can win the award

Two examples of organisations hat have won the award are the International Committee of the Red Cross and Amnesty International

More Information

For more information about the Nobel Peace Prize, visit the website here.

United Nations

'Declaration of Human Rights', 30 human rights that protect the dignity of humans.

The UN deals with global issues. It was created after the 2nd world war to stop a world war happening again.

Some of the human rights in my own words are:

• Everyone is entitled to the same rights (No. 2)
• No one shall be held in slavery (No. 4)
• Everyone has the right to be free of torture (No.5)
• Everyone has the right to recognition (No. 6)
• Anyone of full age has the right to choose to marry and have a family (No. 16)
• Everyone has the right to freedom and opinion of choice (No. 19)
• Everyone has the right to social security (No. 22)
• Everyone has the right to an adequate standard of living and health (No. 25)
• Everyone has the right to education (No. 26)
• Everyone has the right to freely participate within the community (No. 27)

Village Space Presentation

Suicide in rural Australia

What was the issue about?

The issue is about the rising number of suicide deaths in rural and remote parts of Australia. Many of these deaths mainly occuring in men. These rates have risen over the three decades.

What is causing the issue?
The issue is because of the incresing stress of financial insecurity, economic hardship, social isolation, reduced access to support services, but mainly beacuse of the drought

Who is affected?

According to statistics, men are more vulnrable to the effects of these hardships. However, anyone living in remote and rural areas may experience such effects

What can be done?

• Promote more education and awareness programs
• Improvements in access to mental support services
• Financial planning
• Frequent social events with the community