Global Issues
Nobel Prize Winners
Nobel Prize Winners:
Executive Director, ICAN & Nobel Prize Winner
Beatrice Fihn is the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and has over a decade of experience in disarmament diplomacy and civil society mobilization through her work with ICAN. She has delivered lectures on weapons law, humanitarian law and more.
2014 Nobel Peace Prize Winner & Child Rights’ Activist
Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi has been a tireless global advocate of children’s rights for four decades now. He left a lucrative career and started Save the Childhood Movement to rescue children from the shackles of slavery.
Africa’s First Elected Female President
Known as “Africa’s Iron Lady,” Nobel Peace Laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf won international acclaim for leading Liberia through the Ebola Crisis and through reconciliation and recovery following her nation’s decade-long civil war.
Nobel Laureate & Global Leader
The former President of Poland, speaker Lech Walesa won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending Poland's Communist leadership.
Nobel Laureate
The founder and managing director of Grameen Bank, speaker Muhammad Yunus is a Nobel Peace Prize winner who is respected for his work toward eradicating world poverty.
Former French Minister of Foreign Affairs
The founder of Doctors Without Borders, Bernard Kouchner is known as an independent thinker. He offers his skilled perspective on uniting people behind a purpose and the value of redirecting organizations.
Nobel Peace Prize-Winning Activist & Lawyer
Iranian lawyer and activist Shirin Ebadi is the first Muslim to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. She speaks about democracy and the fundamental rights of women, children and every individual.
Recipient of Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
A Nobel Prize recipient for his work on "markets with friction," speaker Christopher Pissarides studies the effects of economic fluctuations on employment.
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