Bianca Jagger at the Dropping Knowledge project's Table of Free Voices in Berlin, September 2006

Bianca Jagger (born Bianca Pérez-Mora Macías ^[1] on May 2, 1950 ^[2], in Managua, Nicaragua) is a social and human rights advocate, as well as a former model and actress. Jagger is a Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador, Chair of the World Future Council, Chair of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation, and a member of the Director's Leadership Council of Amnesty International US. ^[2] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... is the 122nd day of the year (123rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the capital city of Nicaragua. ... Social activists are people who act as the conscience and voice of many individuals within a society. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... Look up model in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Anthem Ode to Joy (orchestral)  ten founding members joined subsequently observer at the Parliamentary Assembly observer at the Committee of Ministers  official candidate Seat Strasbourg, France Membership 47 European states 5 observers (Council) 3 observers (Assembly) Leaders  -  Secretary General Terry Davis  -  President of the Parliamentary Assembly Rene van der Linden... The World Future Council (WFC) is an international, non-governmental organisation, whose goal is to work for a sustainable future in the fields of environment, peace, governance, human development and human rights issues. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Amnesty international Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization which defines its mission as to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience...

She was formerly married to Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones. Sir Michael Phillip Mick Jagger (born July 26, 1943) is a English rock musician, actor, songwriter, record and film producer and businessman. ... Rolling Stones redirects here. ...

Biography

Jagger's father was a businessman and her mother a housewife. They divorced when Jagger was ten and she stayed with her mother, who had to take care of four children on a small income. When Jagger was studying political science at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, she demonstrated against the Somoza regime after the massacre of students perpetrated by Somoza's National Guard. In Paris, she also became acquainted with French literature, among which especially Voltaire, Rousseau and Camus influenced her. She has also been fascinated by Gandhi's non-violent success and the eastern philosophy at large. She traveled extensively in India. She received a scholarship to study in France and became involved with actor Michael Caine. In addition to her extensive charitable works, in the 1970s and early 1980s, Jagger had a public reputation as a jet-setter and party-goer, being closely associated in the public mind with New York City's nightclub Studio 54. She has had relationships with two US Democratic politicians, Robert Torricelli and Christopher Dodd.^[1] The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Political Science is the field concerning the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behaviour. ... Institut dEtudes Politiques de Paris (English: Paris Institute of Political Studies), often referred to as Sciences Po (pronounced see-ahns po), is a Grand Établissement in Paris, France. ... Somoza was the name of an influential political dynasty in Nicaragua. ... The Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua, otherwise known as Guardia or in English Nicaraguan National Guard, was a militia created during the occupation of that country by the United States. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... French literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak other traditional non-French languages. ... For other uses, see Voltaire (disambiguation). ... Rousseau is a French surname. ... Camus may mean: Albert Camus The Camus people of Kenya, living around Lake Baringo The Camus language, a Maa language spoken by the Camus Camus, County Galway, a Gaeltacht village in the west of Ireland Camus, Singer Songwiter This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the... Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) (Devanagari: मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी, Gujarati મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી), called Mahatma Gandhi, was the charismatic leader who brought the cause of Indias independence from British colonial rule to world attention. ... Eastern philosophy refers very broadly to the various philosophies of Asia, including Indian philosophy, Chinese philosophy, Persian philosophy, Japanese philosophy, and Korean philosophy. ... This article is about the English actor. ... Jet set is a journalistic term that was used to describe an international social group of wealthy people, organizing and participating in social activities all around the world that are unreachable to ordinary people. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Studio 54 was a New York City discothèque located at 254 West 54th Street in Manhattan. ... Robert Guy Torricelli (born August 27, 1951), nicknamed the Torch, is an American politician from the U.S. state of New Jersey. ... Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lawyer and politician from Willimantic, Connecticut. ...

Marriage to Mick Jagger

She met Mick Jagger at a party after a Rolling Stones concert where he reportedly impressed her with his French. On May 12, 1971, while she was four months pregnant, the couple married in a Roman Catholic ceremony in Saint Tropez, France, and she became his first wife. At this time Jagger became concerned with women's rights. The couple has one daughter, Jade Jagger (born on October 21, 1971), but they divorced in 1980. is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Saint-Tropez is a commune of the Var département in southern France, located on the French Riviera. ... Feminists redirects here. ... Jade Sheena Jezebel Jagger (born October 21, 1971 in Paris, France) is a British jewelry designer and lifestyle entrepreneur. ... is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ...

Activism

In early 1979, Jagger visited Nicaragua with an International Red Cross delegation and was shocked by the brutality and oppression that the Somoza regime carried out there. This persuaded her to commit herself to the issues of justice and human rights. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is the worlds largest group of humanitarian non-governmental organizations, often known simply as the Red Cross, after its original symbol. ...

In the 1980s, she worked to oppose US government intervention in Nicaragua after the Sandinista revolution. She has also opposed the death penalty and defended the rights of women and of indigenous peoples in Latin America, notably the Yanomami tribe in Brazil against the invasion of gold miners. She spoke up for victims of the conflicts in Bosnia and Serbia. Her writings were published in several newspapers (including the New York Times and the Sunday Express). From the late 1970s she collaborated with many humanitarian organizations including: Sandinista! is also the name of a popular music album by The Clash. ... Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences. ... The term indigenous peoples has no universal, standard or fixed definition, but can be used about any ethnic group who inhabit the geographic region with which they have the earliest historical connection. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... A Yanomami hunter The Yanomami (also spelled Yanomamö and sometimes written with an ogonek under the first a as Yąnomamö) are an indigenous people of Brazil and Venezuela. ... Gold mining consists of the processes and techniques employed in the removal of gold from the ground. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... The Daily Express is a British newspaper, currently tabloid, and it is owned by Richard Desmond. ...

• Amnesty International
• Human Rights Watch/America
• Coalition For International Justice
• Indigenous Development International
• People for the American Way

She is also a member of the Twentieth Century Task Force to Apprehend War Criminals. She gave a reading at the start of the memorial service in London's Westminster Cathedral, which was timed to coincide with the funeral in Brazil of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes, who was shot eight times on a tube-train after being mistaken for a suicide bomber in London. In March 2007 she became involved with Sarah Teather and the campaign to close Guantanamo Bay. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Amnesty international Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization which defines its mission as to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience... Human Rights Watch Banner Human Rights Watch is a United States-based international non-government organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. ... People For the American Way (PFAW) is a liberal, self described progressive advocacy organization in the United States. ... Westminster Cathedral from Victoria Street Westminster Cathedral in London, England, is the mother church of the Roman Catholic community in England and Wales and the Metropolitan Church and Cathedral for the Archbishop of Westminster. ... Jean Charles de Menezes (7 January 1978–22 July 2005) was a Brazilian national living in the Tulse Hill area of south London. ... The London Underground is a rapid transit system that serves a large part of Greater London and some neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. ... A suicide bombing is a bomb attack on people or property, committed by a person who knows the explosion will cause his or her own death in addition to the attacks primary purpose (see suicide, suicide weapons). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Sarah Teather Sarah Louise Teather (born 1 June 1974, London) is a British Liberal Democrat politician, Member of Parliament for Brent East, Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Guantanamo Bay. ... Detainees upon arrival at Camp X-Ray, January 2002 Guantánamo Bay detainment camp serves as a joint military prison and interrogation center under the leadership of Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO), has occupied a portion of the United States Navys base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba since 2002. ...

On December 16, 2003 Jagger was nominated Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador.^[3] is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On July 7, 2007, Jagger presented at the German leg of Live Earth in Hamburg. is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... The Live Earth concert in Germany was held at HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg on 7 July 2007. ... Live Earth was a series of worldwide concerts held on 7 July 2007, that initiated a three-year campaign to combat climate change. ... For other uses, see Hamburg (disambiguation). ...

On May 12, 2007 she was elected Chair of the World Future Council. is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The World Future Council (WFC) is an international, non-governmental organisation, whose goal is to work for a sustainable future in the fields of environment, peace, governance, human development and human rights issues. ...

Awards

For her work, Jagger has earned several awards,^[2] including:

• Honorary Doctorate of Humanities degree from the Stone Hill College in Massachusetts in 1983
• 1994 United Nations Earth Day award
• Hispanic Federation of New York City’s Humanitarian Award
• 1996 Woman of the Year Title from the Boys Town of Italy
• 1996 Abolitionist of the Year Award from the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
• 1997 Green Globe award from the Rain Forest Alliance
• 1997 Amnesty International USA Media Spotlight Award for Leadership
• 1998 American Civil Liberties Union Award
• 2000 Champion of Justice Award
• 2003 International Award from International Services
• 2004 World Achievement Award from Mikhail Gorbachev
• 2004 Right Livelihood Award
• 2006 World Citizenship Award from The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
• 2006 Office of the Americas Peace and Justice Award.

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Films

Bianca Jagger also appeared in several movies:

• Cocksucker Blues (1972)
• The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978, as Martini)
• The American Success Company (1979; as Corrine)
• The Cannonball Run (1981, as sheik's sister)
• In Our Hands (1984)
• C.H.U.D. 2 (1989)
• The Party's Over (2003, a documentary movie on American politics)

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References

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External links

• Right Livelihood Award recipient Bianca Jagger
• Bianca Jagger at the Internet Movie Database
• 2003 interview with Logos Journal