Scilla Elworthy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Scilla Elworthy

British activist

Date of Birth: 03-Jun-1943

Place of Birth: Galashiels, Scotland, United Kingdom

Profession: writer, author, peace activist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Priscilla "Scilla" Elworthy (born 3 June 1943) 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.
She 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.
In 2003 she was awarded the Niwano Peace Prize. From 2005 she was adviser to Peter Gabriel, Desmond Tutu and Richard Branson in setting up The Elders.
She 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. Her latest book is The Business Plan for Peace: Building a World Without War (Peace Direct, 2017), and her TED talk on non-violence has been viewed by more than 1,426,000 people.