Riane Eisler
Riane Eisler is internationally known for her bestseller The Chalice and The Blade, now in 23 foreign editions, as well as Sacred Pleasure, The Power of Partnership, and Tomorrow’s Children. Her newest book, The Real Wealth of Nations — hailed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu as “a template for the better world we have been so urgently seeking” and by Gloria Steinem as “revolutionary” – proposes a new approach to economics that gives visibility and value to the most essential human work: the work of caring for people and for our natural environment. She keynotes conferences worldwide, with venues including the United Nations and invitations by Rita Suessmuth, President of the German Parliament, and by Vacrav Havel, President of the Czech Republic.
Dr. Eisler is a leader for peace, environmental sustainability, economic equity, and human rights – pioneering the extension of human rights protection to “women’s rights” and “children’s rights.” With Nobel Peace laureate Betty Williams, she co-founded the Spiritual Alliance to Stop Intimate Violence (SAIV), http://www.saiv.net. She is president of the Center for Partnership Studies, http://www.partnershipway.org,, has received many honors, including honorary Ph.D. degrees, the Alice Paul ERA Education Award, and the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation’s 2009 Distinguished Peace Leadership Award, and is in the award-winning book Great Peacemakers as one of 20 leaders for world peace, along with Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and Martin Luther King.
Website: http://www.rianeeisler.com
