Her work as a parliamentarian took her to refugee camps in conflict-affected regions. There Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold met women who had experienced sexualised violence and who were now struggling for a better life and fighting for their rights. The idea to nominate 1000 women for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize was born from these encounters at whose core lies the belief that women’s peace work must be made visible. In this episode, she describes how her own experiences of social injustice and gender discrimination led her to become a champion of PeaceWomen.