Nobel (Women) Peace Prize

Quite an interesting piece by the Economist・

Actually I thought this year a lesbian woman will be given the prize, not that there is many internationally recognizable lesbian who is worthy of the prize, (is this Bangladesh man worthy of prize?-I tend to agree with the Economist), I`m sure there are hundreds of lesbian activists fighting for LGBT rights or other worthy liberal causes, and some of them maybe even as famous as the Bangladesh man ・before the announcement of prize, that is, of course. But it is because since Iranian woman got the prize in 2003 (the first “Arab woman” to receive the prize), and in 2004 (the first “African woman”, so for 2006 my bet was on first “lesbian woman” since the Norwegian committee that decides who get the Nobel Peace Prize is predictably very much politically invested in “diversity”.

In the 21 st century, no white man was given the prize with the exception of Jimmy Carter in 2002, for taking a snub at US President George W. Bush, a man whom the Nobel committee, just like lift-wingers in the United States, hates the most in the world. Moreover, in the recent 4 years since 2003, with the exception of 2005 when the award was given to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), (the only year in recent memory when the award was given to people/institution that genuinely contributed to peace in its original sense in my opinion), all the award is related to women ・that is either the winners were women or the activities that won him the prize were almost entirely targeted to women, or to “empower” women (96 percent of the microcredit were loaned to women)

As you can see from the list of recent winners, the Nobel committee is increasingly expanding the definition of peace, from the traditional concept of peace to a more progressive concept of peace that includes such concepts as environment protection, sustainable development and human rights. While it may benefit thousands of NGOs and activists in further advancing their noble causes, it also encourages the expectations of the “Buggin`s turn” not only on the continental rotation (as the Economist pointed out), but also of the rotation by various noble lefty causes or ethnic/demographic groups (Arab woman - African woman - what kind of woman will be next?).