Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi, the
2003 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, will join His Holiness
the Dalai Lama in a Roundtable Dialogue during his visit to
Vancouver in April.
Ebadi, the first Iranian and first Muslim woman to win the
Nobel Peace Prize, has worked tirelessly for three decades
to improve the status of women and the rights of religious
minorities.
"Shirin Ebadi is a dynamic advocate for basic human
rights and nonviolence," said Victor Chan, chair of the
organizing committee for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit
to Vancouver. "We are extremely pleased she will share
her vision and her time with us."
Ebadi will join international visionary thinkers including
fellow Nobel Laureates His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Desmond
Tutu as well as Vaclav Havel, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
and Dr. Jo-ann Archibald of Canada’s First Nations community
in a Roundtable Dialogue entitled Balancing Educating the
Heart With Educating the Mind.
They will dedicate a full afternoon on Tuesday, April 20
to discussing how compassion and reason can inform current
policy challenges in such areas as community building and
sustainable development.
For more information, please visit www.dalailamavancouver.org.
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