Alison Hewson (née Stewart; born 23 March 1961) is an Irish activist and businesswoman. She is married to singer and musician Paul Hewson, known as Bono, from the rock group U2.
Raised in Raheny, she met her future husband at age 12 at Mount Temple Comprehensive School, and married him in 1982. She was awarded a degree in politics and sociology from University College Dublin (UCD) in 1989. The couple have four children together and live at residences in Ireland, France, and the United States. She has inspired several U2 songs, most famously "Sweetest Thing".
Hewson became involved in anti-nuclear activism in the 1990s. She narrated Black Wind, White Land, a 1993 Irish documentary about the lasting effects of the Chernobyl disaster, and has worked closely with activist Adi Roche. She has been a patron of Chernobyl Children's Project International since 1994 and has participated in a number of aid missions to the high-radiation exclusion zones of Belarus. She has also campaigned against Sellafield, the northern English nuclear facility. In 2002 she helped lead an effort which sent more than a million postcards, urging the site be closed, to Prime Minister Tony Blair and others. Hewson has repeatedly been discussed by tabloid newspapers as a possible candidate for political offices, including President of Ireland; none of these suggestions have come to fruition.
Hewson is the co-founder of two ethical businesses, the EDUN fashion line in 2005, and Nude Skincare products in 2007. The former, intended to promote fair trade with Africa, has struggled to become a viable business. French conglomerate LVMH has made substantial investments into both companies.
Alison Hewson (née Stewart; born 23 March 1961) is an Irish activist and businesswoman. She is married to singer and musician Paul Hewson, known as Bono...
Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known by the nickname Bono (/ˈbɒnoʊ/ BON-oh), is an Irish singer-songwriter and activist. He is the lead vocalist...
and activist AliHewson. Hewson was born Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi Q Hewson on 17 August 1999 to Bono, the lead singer of U2, and AliHewson. He has two...
the Apple TV+ movie Flora and Son. Hewson was born in Dublin, Ireland, the second daughter of activist AliHewson (née Alison Stewart) and U2 lead singer...
Hewson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: AliHewson (born 1961), activist and wife of U2's Bono Allan Hewson (born 1954), former...
EDUN is a fashion brand founded by AliHewson and Bono in 2005 to promote trade in Africa by sourcing production throughout the continent. In 2009 EDUN...
then founded the all-natural skincare beauty line, Nude with Bono and AliHewson. Meehan is now focused on climate related projects including Dromgarriff...
could attend a special learning centre. Along with Bono and his wife AliHewson, the couple co-owns a 20-room villa in Èze in the Alpes-Maritimes in the...
Skincare, Inc. and Nude Brands, Ltd., AliHewson's natural beauty line, from LVMH. As part of the acquisition, Hewson's husband Bono became an investor in...
with U2 Bono (Paul David Hewson), frontman of U2, and husband of activist, businesswoman and fellow past pupil, AliHewson Amanda Brunker, former Miss...
Laws with AliHewson by the National University of Ireland, Galway. In 2016 she was jointly awarded a Doctorate of Letters with AliHewson by the University...
David Avery as Sayed Nathan Willcocks as Eugene Bono as himself (voice) AliHewson as herself (voice) Daniel Radcliffe as himself The idea for the film came...
Tracks chart. The song was written by Bono as an apology to his wife, AliHewson, for forgetting her birthday during The Joshua Tree sessions. In 1998...
the several other pupils who also responded to the note were Paul "Bono" Hewson and Adam Clayton. The band went through a number of reformations before...
building songs from electronics. The lyrics are addressed to Bono's wife, AliHewson. Bono said that when they were younger, people at school used to call...
All-Ireland-winning Gaelic Footballer & former captain of Dublin Gaelic football team AliHewson, activist and entrepreneur David Hickey, All-Ireland winning Gaelic Footballer...
riff and lyric written by the Edge in 1982. While newlyweds Bono and AliHewson honeymooned in Jamaica, the Edge worked in Ireland on music for the band's...
of Dublin, next door to Bono and his wife AliHewson. He is godfather to their daughter, actress Eve Hewson. "Finglas and Glasnevin where Friday went...
comic book writer March 23 Norrie McCathie, Scottish footballer (d. 1996) AliHewson, Irish activist and businesswoman Helmi Johannes, Indonesian television...
documentary Black Wind, White Land, made by fellow nominee and Bono's wife, AliHewson. In 1995, U2 and producer Brian Eno wrote "Miss Sarajevo" during the recording...
goals for the generation. The following people signed the open letter: AliHewson, Angelique Kidjo, Beyoncé, Charlize Theron, Christy Turlington, Danai...
the London Fashion Week. In May 2009 EDUN, the global fashion brand of AliHewson and her husband, U2 singer Bono, appointed Sharon Wauchob as the new creative...
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