Jenni Williams
/Overview
Jenni Williams born Gwanda, Matabeteland, Zimbabwe April 1, 1962. Co-founded nonviolent WOZU (Women of Zimbabwe Arise), arrested 43+ times; imprisoned 2008 Bulawayo for protest against denial of food aid; Ginetta Sagan Prize 2012.
Quotations
"Part of strategic non-violence is that you have to create the dilemma, put yourself in the position and then if you are beaten, arrested, tortured, you expose that injustice without retaliating. It's been easier to train the women than it is to train the men." (Zimbabwean, May 25, 2012)
"We call it tough love because we love our country enough to sacrifice being arrested and beaten." (NicoleItano, womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=2522; photo Wikipedia from frontlinedefenders.org)