Jody Williams

Jody Williams is the founding coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), which was formally launched by six nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in October of 1992. Ms. Williams has overseen the growth of the ICBL to more than 1,000 NGOs in more than 60 countries. She has served as the chief strategist and spokesperson for the campaign. Working in an unprecedented cooperative effort with governments, bodies of the United Nations, and the International Committee of the Red Cross, the ICBL achieved its goal of an international treaty banning antipersonnel landmines during the diplomatic conference held in Oslo in September 1997. For their work, Williams and the ICBL shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize.