[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 48 (Tuesday, April 16, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S3413]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    THE JANE ADDAMS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP AWARD FOR 1996

 Mr. SIMON. On May 8, 1996, in Chicago, the Jane Addams 
International Women's Leadership Award for 1996 will be presented. For 
the first time, this award will be given jointly to two women.
  The International Women's Leadership Award is named for Jane Addams, 
the first American woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Peace. It 
honors women whose strong leadership makes a practical difference 
across national boundaries and cultural divisions.
  This year's winners are Dr. Hanan Ashrawi and Rita E. Hauser. These 
women act daily in the spirit of Jane Addams, breaking down the 
national and cultural barriers that can work against peace. Their 
efforts have been a major factor in the progress toward peace in the 
Middle East. In a time of ever increasing partisanship, the cooperative 
spirit and work of these two women is inspiring.
  Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, a Palestinian professor, is currently Commissioner 
General of the Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens Rights. 
She was recently elected to the Palestinian Parliament. As spokesperson 
for the Palestinian delegation to the Middle East talks until 1993, she 
was instrumental in forging the peace. Dr. Ashrawi received her B.A. 
and M.A. from American University of Beruit and her PhD. from the 
University of Virginia.
  Rita E. Hauser is an American attorney, currently president of the 
Hauser Foundation. She is chair of the board at the International Peace 
Academy and chair of the Advisory Board of the Greater Middle East 
Studies Center at RAND. From 1986 to 1992, she was a member of the 
advisory panel on international law at the U.S. Department of State. 
From 1983-91, she served as the U.S. Chair for the International Center 
for Peace in the Middle East.
  I know my colleagues join me in honoring these two women who are well 
deserving of receiving the Jane Addams International Women's Leadership 
Award for 1996.

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