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Child Soldiering Around the World: Betty Williams, Nobel Laureate

A Plowshares Collaborative event

November 10, 10:30 a.m., 2003 Old Centrum Center, Indianapolis (IN)

Williams is a Nobel Laureate from Northern Ireland. She is head of Global Children's Foundation, an organization dedicated to the protection of children at risk in war, conflict, and poverty. Williams was invited to speak in Indianapolis about the tragedy of child soldiering around the world.

Read the presentation story on Nepal

Read a poem on Somalia read for the event

See photos of the event