# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/betty-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-31T13:58:54.185Z

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description: "She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for cofounding an organisation that pushed for an end to the Troubles — Northern Ireland's long sectarian war — and spent the next four decades building networks to protect children and mobilise other laureates."
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birthDate: "1943-05-22"
deathDate: "2020-03-17"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Elizabeth Williams was born in Northern Ireland on 22 May 1943. In 1976, she cofounded Community of Peace People with Mairead Corrigan, work that earned them both the Nobel Peace Prize that same year for seeking peaceful resolution to the Troubles. She went on to head the Global Children's Foundation and serve as President of the World Centre of Compassion for Children International, while also chairing the Institute for Asian Democracy in Washington. Williams was a founding member of the Nobel Laureate Summit in 2000, then in 2006 helped launch the Nobel Women's Initiative alongside five other laureates from six continents — an effort to strengthen work on women's rights worldwide. She lectured widely on peace, children's rights, and extremism until her death on 17 March 2020.