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# Laureate Mairead Maguire: building 'deep democracy'
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/laureate-mairead-maguire-building-deep-democracy/
- Published: 2009-05-29T21:05:50.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-15T17:19:14.000Z
- Description: 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.
- Author: Jane Gabriel
- Tags: Peacebuilding, #Migrated, podcasts, Nobel Women's Initiative 2009, 50.50 Women, Peace & Security, women and militarism, #en, #Import 2026-04-09 14:30, #ImagesUploaded

Read the [interview transcript](https://www.opendemocracy.net/audio/jane-gabriel/laureate-mairead-maguire-building-deep-democracy/podcast-transcription).

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In the third podcast from the Nobel Women's Initiative [gathering in Antigua](https://www.opendemocracy.net/50-50-tags/nobel-womens-initiative) 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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Download & Listen

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](https://www.opendemocracy.net/50-50-tags/nobel-womens-initiative).