13 Facts About Scilla Elworthy

Priscilla "Scilla" Elworthy was born on 3 June 1943 and is a peace builder, and the founder of the Oxford Research Group, a non-governmental organisation she set up in 1982 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.

Scilla Elworthy served as its executive director from 1982 until 2003, when she left that role to set up Peace Direct, a charity supporting local peace-builders in conflict areas.

Scilla Elworthy is a member of the World Future Council and in 2012 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 2019 Scilla Elworthy re-connected to the love of her life, John Hamwee.

Scilla Elworthy remained the executive director of ORG until 2003.

In 2003 Scilla Elworthy stepped down as executive director of ORG to found a new charity, Peace Direct, which supports local peace-builders in conflict areas.

Peace Direct was named "Best New Charity" at the London Charity Awards 2005 and, although she is not involved in the day-to-day running, Scilla Elworthy remains an Ambassador for Peace Direct.

Since the autumn of 2011 Dr Scilla Elworthy has been working on a course in consciousness and conflict transformation for mid career professionals, in association with Thomas Hubl in Berlin.

In 2012 Scilla Elworthy co-founded Rising Women Rising World, a growing, vibrant community of women on all continents who take responsibility for building a world that works for all.

Scilla Elworthy remains involved with The DO School and its international development through her position as a board member.

In 2014 Scilla Elworthy published Pioneering the Possible: Awakened Leadership for a World that Works.

Scilla Elworthy's TED talk on non-violence has over 1.3 million views.

Scilla Elworthy has written, edited and contributed to myriad reports, articles and books including:.