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Scilla Elworthy
British anti-war activist (born )
Priscilla "Scilla" Elworthy (born 3 June ) is a peace builder, and the founder of the Oxford Research Group, a non-governmental organisation she set up in to develop effective dialogue between nuclear weapons policy-makers worldwide and their critics, for which she was nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Dr Scilla Elworthy is a three-times Nobel Peace Prize nominee for her work with Oxford Research Group to develop effective dialogue between nuclear weapons.
She served as its executive director from until , when she left that role to set up Peace Direct, a charity supporting local peace-builders in conflict areas. In she was awarded the Niwano Peace Prize.[1] From she was adviser to Peter Gabriel, Desmond Tutu and Richard Branson in setting up The Elders.[2] She is a member of the World Future Council[3] and in co-founded Rising Women Rising World, a community of women on all continents who take responsibility for building a world that works for all.
In she wrote The Business Plan for Peace: Building a World Without War (Peace Direct,