1. Lisa J Shannon is an American author, human rights activist, and speaker known for her work in the international women's movement, including founding Run for Congo Women, co-founding Sister Somalia with Fartuun Adan Abdisalan, co-founding and being CEO of Every Woman Treaty.
Lisa Shannon is author of A Thousand Sisters: My Journey Into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman.
In 2010, Lisa Shannon hosted a Run for Congo Women in Congo, where women previously sponsored by Run for Congo Women participants ran to raise funds for Congolese women in need of support.
In May 2010, Lisa Shannon initiated a series of protests targeting tech companies, as covered in Nicholas Kristof's piece in The New York Times Magazine:.
In fall 2010, Lisa Shannon founded A Thousand Sisters, an online community aiming to empower everyday women and men to become leaders in the movement to end violence against women in the Democratic Republic of Congo and mass atrocities around the world.
In May, 2013, Lisa Shannon convened a meeting of 20 women's rights advocates from around the world at the Carr Center for Human Rights to explore the question of a need for a UN Treaty to systemically address ending violence against women and girls.
Lisa Shannon is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Every Woman Treaty.
In 2013, Lisa Shannon became a Fellow with the Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights, expanding her areas of research into gaps in the international legal framework on violence against women worldwide, and the role a campaign for a UN Convention on Violence Against Women might play in the international women's movement.
In May 2013, Lisa Shannon accepted an Honorary Doctorate from Georgetown University, and delivered the commencement address at Georgetown College.
Lisa Shannon appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in October 2009.
Lisa Shannon grew up in Portland, Oregon, and previously owned a stock photography production company, where she was art director and producer.
Lisa Shannon's activism began following the death of her father, Stewart Shannon, a therapist who treated Vietnam Vets with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Lisa Shannon has publicly discussed the early financial and personal costs of her work.
Lisa Shannon has taken in five roommates to share her house, and she saves pennies everywhere she can, but at some point she will become a pauper unless she finds a way of supporting herself.