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A Deadly Legacy:
Jody Williams demonstrating against war, Washington, DC, 2003Courtesy Linda Panetta, Optical Realities Photography
Jody Williams coordinated the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997. She has participated in events all over the world to protest landmines and has risked arrest to express her opposition to war.
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Join the conversation was open for comment during the exhibition's installation at the National Library of Medicine from April 2008 to December 2010. Take a look at these photos that illustrate moments in global health history, and see what others had to say about them.
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18 Comments
this shows someone being arrsested but it also shows flowers which shows two diffrent sides of this world,the happy sides represented by the flowers and the cruel side shown by the arrested woman
Posted by 1156 from sxcotland on August 30, 2010 12:42 PM
I can't believe she got arrested! She did great things to ban landmines.
Posted by 606 from on October 20, 2009 2:42 PM
I am disgusted that the government and some other -countries only care about military issues but they do not consider their citizens
Posted by 565 from New Zealand on August 28, 2009 12:57 AM
Landmines are not good. The U.S. should sign the treaty. Go Jody Williams!
Posted by 484 from texas and pennsylvania on June 17, 2009 9:23 PM
I think its so ironic that the countries that usually go to war haven't signed it.
Posted by 476 from Washington DC on June 16, 2009 3:47 PM
90% of the time, police are on the wrong side of a protest. Those in power will never allow change. We need to demand it.
Posted by 443 from on March 27, 2009 11:49 PM
Why cant the U.S. just sign it.. we have more technology.. We can help other countries out..
Posted by 336 from Taylor mi on January 29, 2009 4:50 PM
It doesnt make any since that the United States didnt make any land mind rules
Posted by 246 from Washington DC on July 16, 2008 4:26 PM
It is ridiculous that the United States of America is one of the few countries who did not sign the treaty prohibiting land mines. What does this say about our country.
Posted by 225 from Brownsville, TX on July 15, 2008 2:47 PM
Land mines are a serious problem for third world countries recovering from war. I find it very dissapointing that the United States was one of the countries that did not sign the treaty because they would loose land mine sales. The message that sends out to the rest of the world is that money is more important than lives. I commend these people for standing up for the people around the world that can't be heard!
Posted by 216 from New York on July 2, 2008 6:57 PM
This image of health shows that many people are ignoring the effects of war on the health of thousands of innocent people. It also shows that more people should get involved in protesting against these unfair policies such as land mines.
Posted by 176 from Maryland on June 16, 2008 6:40 PM
The exhibit was logically arranged and very informative, providing different perspectives.It also provided an informative history and progress to the present day. Our docent was well-informed and gracious.
Judith Wortman, Office of Communications and Govrnment Relations, NIAID/NIH.
5/22/08
Posted by 165 from NIAID on May 22, 2008 5:49 PM
The ICBL meets this week with various nations to negotiate a treaty against cluster bombs:
http://www.icbl.org/news/dublin_advisory_cmc
Posted by 163 from East Coast, US on May 20, 2008 1:23 PM
Why is it that the US is one of the few countries that didn't ban landmines? Do we know what those things do to people? I think that landmines are a horrible way of bringing forth peace in any part of the world. Protesting is what everyone should be doing!
Posted by 143 from Clinton, Maryland on May 17, 2008 5:18 PM
I think that we should help the pepole of the world! So they won't be really sick!
Posted by 119 from Maryland on May 10, 2008 5:12 PM
As one way to oppose war and its horrific consequences, we need to continue to pressurize our government to join the international landmine treaty through public action and protests. The majority of nations have. Landmine casualties are overwhelmingly civilian.
Posted by 73 from California on April 11, 2008 5:59 PM
It illustrates that we can always do more to help the world hear our message. It takes a lot of courage to speak up - and when we do, it becomes very clear that the people in charge often prefer that we just shut up and play along.
Posted by 67 from US on April 10, 2008 6:54 PM
I feel proud of people willing to stand up and protest.
Posted by 62 from Washington, DC on April 10, 2008 5:12 PM