responsibility to protect

Houda Mahamat Malloum is a full-time host, reporter and producer at La Voix du Ouaddai, a community radio station in Abeche, Chad, set up by the non-profit Internews network to serverefugees from Darfur and local Chadians. As well as presenting the news at noon every day, Malloum produces Internews' weekly radio show, "She Speaks, She Listens." The program focuses on violence against women and girls, covering taboo subjects such as rape, female genital cutting and forced child marriage.

Aisha Abubakr Subaira Adam is the peace and development office coordinator for the Community Development Association in Sudan. Formerly a member of parliament in Darfur, Ms. Adam is a member of the leading council of Darfur Forum for Peace Dialogue and Peaceful Coexistence. She was a member of the gender expert support team and headed the power-sharing committee in the 7th round of the Darfur peace talks in Abuja, Nigeria.

Ms. Safaa Elagib Adam is one of the founding members for the Community Development Association (CDA), a Sudanese non-governmental organization working on sustainable development and peace, with a special focus on Darfur and the other western states of Sudan. She is also an executive member of the Sudanese Women's Empowerment for Peace and Development Network; a founding member of Khartoum's Community Development Association; and a member of the Sudanese Women's Solidarity Group, the Civil Society Initiative for Peace Forum, and the Women in Law and Development Network.

Recently awarded for his commitment to human rights, 54 year-old Dr. Mohammed Ahmed Abdallah is a respected community leader, peace negotiator and human rights advocate who battles adversity to protect torture survivors and seek sustainable peace in Darfur. Based in Darfur, Dr. Abdallah is a physician and medical treatment director at the Amel Center for the Treatment & Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture, Darfurs leading indigenous human rights organization.

Since 1988, Suu Kyi has campaigned vigorously for a peaceful transition from military rule to a free, democratic Myanmar. She was elected to be Prime Minister of her country in 1990, but the ruling military junta defied the election and placed her under house arrest. Despite winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, her detention continues to this day.