Mairead (Corrigan) Maguire ndi membala wa Advisory Board of World BEYOND War. Iye amakhala ku Northern Ireland. Mairead ndi Nobel Peace Laureate komanso Co-founder wa Anthu Amtendere - Northern Ireland 1976. Mairead anabadwa mu 1944, m'banja la ana asanu ndi atatu ku West Belfast. Ali ndi zaka 14 anakhala wodzipereka ku bungwe la anthu wamba ndipo anayamba nthawi yake yopuma kugwira ntchito m'dera lakwawo. Kudzipereka kwa Mairead, kunamupatsa mwayi wogwira ntchito ndi mabanja, kuthandizira kukhazikitsa malo oyamba a ana olumala, malo osamalira ana ndi achinyamata kuti aphunzitse achinyamata a m'deralo mu utumiki wamtendere. Pamene Boma la Britain linayamba kutsekeredwa m’ndende mu 1971, Mairead ndi anzake anapita kundende ya Long Kesh kukaona akaidi ndi mabanja awo, omwe anali kuvutika kwambiri ndi mitundu yambiri ya chiwawa. Mairead, anali azakhali a ana atatu a Maguire omwe anamwalira, mu August, 1976, chifukwa chogundidwa ndi galimoto yopulumukira ya IRA pamene dalaivala wake adawomberedwa ndi msilikali wa ku Britain. Mairead (wosafuna mtendere) adayankha zachiwawa zomwe banja lake ndi anthu ammudzi adakumana nazo pokonzekera, pamodzi ndi Betty Williams ndi Ciaran McKeown, ziwonetsero zazikulu zamtendere zopempha kuti kukhetsa magazi kuthe, komanso kuthetsa mkangano mopanda chiwawa. Pamodzi, atatuwa adayambitsa bungwe la Peace People, gulu lomwe lidadzipereka kumanga gulu lachilungamo komanso lopanda chiwawa ku Northern Ireland. The Peace People adakonza sabata iliyonse, kwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi, misonkhano yamtendere ku Ireland ndi UK. Izi zinapezeka ndi anthu masauzande ambiri, ndipo panthawiyi panali kuchepa kwa 70% kwa ziwawa. Mu 1976 Mairead, pamodzi ndi Betty Williams, adalandira Mphotho ya Mtendere wa Nobel chifukwa cha zochita zawo kuti athandize kubweretsa mtendere ndikuthetsa ziwawa zomwe zimachokera ku mikangano yamitundu / ndale ku Northern Ireland. Chiyambireni kulandira mphoto ya Nobel Peace Mairead akupitirizabe kulimbikitsa zokambirana, mtendere ndi zida zonse ku Northern Ireland komanso padziko lonse lapansi. Mairead adayendera mayiko ambiri, kuphatikiza, USA, Russia, Palestine, North / South Korea, Afghanistan, Gaza, Iran, Syria, Congo, Iraq.
