Laureate Mairead Maguire: building 'deep democracy'

Jane Gabriel 29 May 2009
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Laureate Mairead Maguire spoke to Jane Gabriel about a new politic she sees arising: one in which ‘deep democracy’ is built by people, one to one, and demanding that the money be taken out of militarism.

Read the interview transcript.

In the third podcast from the Nobel Women's Initiative gathering in Antigua laureate Mairead Maguire spoke to Jane Gabriel about a new politic she sees arising: one in which ‘deep democracy' is built by people standing up, building ‘personal democracy' one to one, and demanding that the money be taken out of militarism. 

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Listen now to some of the ideas discussed during three days of women ‘Redefining democracy for peace, justice and equality', and to Mairead Maguire's call to action. 

To read articles and the conference blog written by participants and the openDemocracy team click here.

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About the author

Jane Gabriel is the founder and editor of openDemocracy 50.50. Jane directed more than thirty documentaries for Channel Four Television and the BBC international current affairs series "Correspondent" before joining openDemocracy. Jane won the Royal Television Society award for the film ' Island of Outcasts' filmed in Greece, and the One World Media award for the film 'Whose Life is it Anyway?' filmed in India. Jane was a member of Britain's first all women television production company, Broadside.

As well as producing podcasts and articles (see below), Jane has reported on the Commission on the Status of Women (2009, 2008, and 2007) the Nobel Women's Initiative conferences in 2007  and 2009, the Global Safe Abortion conference 2007, and 16 Days against Gender Violence 2007 and 2008 .

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