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Governments Negotiate Historic Treaty to Ban Cluster Munitions

Nobel Laureate Jody Williams’ Final Report from Dublin: Today, Friday the 30th of May, the new Clutser Munition Convention was… Read More »

Laureates Appeal to Lift Restrictions on Movement within Burma

As international aid trickles in to Burma following cyclone Nargis, we six women Nobel Peace Laureates urge world leaders to… Read More »

An Update from Dublin – A Victory for Humanity

After ten days of intense negotiations at the Dublin Diplomatic Conference On Cluster Munitions, more than 100 nations have provisionally… Read More »

Laureates Urge Delegates to Resist Efforts to Weaken the Cluster Treaty

On 26 May, Nobel Laureate Jody Williams released an open letter to all delegates attending the Dublin Diplomatic Conference on… Read More »

Laureates Endorse Northern Ireland Minister for Peace Campaign

Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams and Liz Bernstein, Executive Director of the Nobel Women’s Initiative, joined Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead… Read More »

A Message from Dublin

The Dublin Diplomatic Conference On Cluster Munitions is taking place in Ireland May 19-30, 2008, with more than 100 governments… Read More »

Support Aid Efforts in Burma

In the wake of cyclone Nargis, nearly 2.5 million Burmese face starvation, dehydration and life-threatening disease. Women and children are especially… Read More »

Laureates Call for Urgent Response to Cyclone Nargis

The Nobel Women’s Initiative is deeply concerned with the growing humanitarian crisis in Burma and condemns actions that prevent aid… Read More »

Nobel Laureates Call for US to be Leader in Climate Justice

  Washington, DC The solutions to climate change must recognize the disproportionate impact of climate change on the world’s poor… Read More »

Thousands Gather to Support to Legislation to Abolish War

  From 4-6 May, Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire joined more than 22,000 participants at the Global Article 9… Read More »