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Add Your Signature to Free Burma’s Political Prisoners

A global signature campaign for the release of Burma’s political prisoners has been launched today, on Burma’s Human Rights Day…. Read More »

Number of Political Prisoners in Burma has Doubled

Activist groups in Burma say that the number of political prisoners in Burma has nearly doubled since before the uprisings… Read More »

Notable Peace Activists Protest Threats Against Shirin Ebadi

In an open letter published in the New York Review of Books, a number of high profile activists, thinkers, and… Read More »

Iran Arrests Colleagues of Shirin Ebadi

Since the attacks against Shirin Ebadi’s home and offices in January 2009, multiple arrests have been made on human rights… Read More »

Statement on ICC

In the context of continued violence, hunger and repression in the Darfur region of Sudan, we six women Nobel Peace… Read More »

Humanitarian Organizations Expelled from Darfur

In response to the International Criminal Court’s decision to indict him, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir has ordered 13 foreign aid… Read More »

Laureates urge U.N. Secretary General to Act for Women in the Democratic Respublic of Congo

In the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), war is being staged on women’s bodies. All sides in the on-going… Read More »

I’m Not a Feminist, but… Debate on the Future of Feminism Plays to a Packed House in Ottawa, Canada

In front of a standing-room only crowd in Ottawa, a number of high profile women and men held a lively… Read More »