Luisa Morgantini


Luisa Morgantini is an Italian former Member of the European Parliament. She was elected as independent with the Communist Refoundation Party ticket and sat with the European United Left - Nordic Green Left group.
She is a leading member of the Italian peace movement and was one of the founders of the Italian branch of the Women in Black anti-war organisation.

Career

In 1995 she received the 'Women in Black' Peace Prize from the eponymous Israeli left-wing anti-war organisation.
On 4 October 2008 she has been awarded with the 2008 Peacemaker Award by the Rebuilding Alliance, a US-based non-profit organization, committed to the respect of human rights and international law and in rebuilding homes and communities in regions of war and occupation.
She was chosen as one of the 1000 international women for the Nobel Prize. for her work during the italian earthquake in irpinia on 1980 she was awarded the citinship ofTeora the town where she stayed one year as volunteer
She also won the Colombaper laPace price with the patronage of the President of the Italian republic
From 1999 till 2009 she was a member of the European Parliament. She retired in 2009 because her commitment was to serve two terms, and she also cited age concerns.
She continues her commitment to Palestine, migrants and the antiwar movement. She is the President of AssoPacePalestina a voluntary organization www.assopacepalestina.org

European Parliament

Luisa Morgantini was a Member of the European Parliament in the European United Left–Nordic Green Left – elected the first time in 1999 and again in 2004.
During the last term, she was chairman of the Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council, member of the Committee on Development and Cooperation, of the Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation; substitute member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, the Committee on International Trade and of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.
From the period July 2004 to December 2006 she was Chair of the Committee on Development.
Currently she is Vice President of the European Parliament, member of the Committee on Development, co-chair of the election coordination group, member of the Subcommittee on Human Rights, of the Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council, of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly, and substitute member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and of the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.
As a Member of the European Parliament she keeps on working for the solution of the Middle East conflict, for a just peace, for the right of the two peoples to live in peace and safety, within recognized borders. As part of this activism, she was nominated for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize, as part of the project "1,000 peace women for Nobel prize for peace 2005."
In June 2008 she was injured when Israeli soldiers attacked a group of non-violent activists in the Palestinian village of Bil'in.
On 4 October 2008 she was awarded the 2008 Peacemaker Award by the Rebuilding Alliance, a US non-profit organization committed for the respect of human rights and international law and in rebuilding homes and communities in regions of war and occupation.