2025 Outstanding Peace Journalism

Gloria Laker Adiiki Aciro, from Uganda, received the Luxembourg Peace Prize for her pioneering work in peace journalism and refugee advocacy. As the Founder and Director of the Peace Journalism Foundation (PJF), she has dedicated her career to training over 700 journalists in conflict-sensitive reporting, focusing on peacebuilding rhetoric and inclusive storytelling. She also founded the Uganda Refugee and Migration Media Network, launching Refugee Online News to challenge exploitative reporting on refugees. Her commitment to youth and refugee-led storytelling has played a crucial role in fostering sustainable peace. “Peace journalism is the art of choosing healing over harm.”