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Shirin Ebadi Calls for the Immediate Release of Her Sister *UPDATE: Dr. Noushin Ebadi, Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi’s Sister, Has Been Released from Prison on Bail.*

The Nobel Women’s Initiative joins Shirin Ebadi in this call for the immediate release of her sister, Dr Noushin Ebadi,… Read More »

Jody Williams to Obama: Stand Up for Women’s Rights in Honduras

Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams and Executive Director of the human rights organization Just Associates, Lisa VeneKlassen, called upon US… Read More »

Demand the Release of Women Activists in Iran

Please call for the immediate release of Mansoureh Shojaee, one of the founders of the One Million Signatures campaign for women’s… Read More »

Nobel Peace Laureates to Host Women’s Tribunal on Burma

Under the leadership of women Nobel Peace Prize Laureates and our partner organization, the Women’s League of Burma, the Nobel… Read More »

Thank You Tibet! Video Message from Nobel Peace Laureates

Nobel Peace Laureates Mairead Maguire, Jody Williams, and Shirin Ebadi have added their personal video messages to the Thank You… Read More »

In Honor and Celebration of the Civil Rights Movement in Iran

In celebration of International Human Rights Day, on Saturday December 12, 2009 United4Iran will facilitate Arts United 4 Iran, a day devoted to… Read More »

Day 16 of 16 Days of Activism: Spotlighting Las Mujeres Hablan

Meet Las Mujeres Hablan (The Women Speaking). Las Mujeres Hablan (The Women Speaking) is a network of local activists working… Read More »

Day 16: Spotlighting Las Mujeres Hablan

Meet Las Mujeres Hablan (The Women Speaking). Las Mujeres Hablan (The Women Speaking) is a network of local activists working… Read More »

Day 15 of 16 Days of Activism: Spotlighting Molly Malekar

Meet Molly Malekar. Molly has been involved with Bat Shalom, Israeli Women’s Venture for Peace since 1995.  She is part… Read More »

Day 15: Spotlighting Molly Malekar

Meet Molly Malekar. Molly has been involved with Bat Shalom, Israeli Women’s Venture for Peace since 1995.  She is part… Read More »

Day 14 of 16 Days of Activism: Spotlighting Safaa Elagib Adam

Meet Safaa Elagib Adam. Safaa is a Sudanese peace and gender activist who has worked in relief operations in both… Read More »

Nobel Peace Laureates Condemn Murders in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

Just days before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights is expected to issue a landmark ruling condemning the State of… Read More »

Nobel Peace Laureates Condemn Murders in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico: FULL STATEMENT

Family of Human Rights Defenders Just days before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights is expected to issue a landmark… Read More »

Day 13 of 16 Days of Activism: Spotlighting Natalia Green

Meet Natalia Greene. Natalia is a climate change activist based in Ecuador.  This week she is in Copenhagen, Denmark with… Read More »

Day 14: Spotlighting Safaa Elagib Adam

Meet Safaa Elagib Adam. Safaa is a Sudanese peace and gender activist who has worked in rel ief o pe… Read More »

Wangari Maathai Joins Activists at Copenhagen Climate Summit

December 19: In Copenhagen, our world leaders have failed us. We do not have the fair, ambitious and legally binding… Read More »

Day 13: Spotlighting Natalia Greene

Meet Natalia Greene. Natalia is a climate change activist based in Ecuador.  This week she is in Copenhagen, Denmark with… Read More »

Day 10 of 16 Days of Activism: Spotlighting Jila Baniyaghoob

Meet Jila Baniyaghoob. Jila is a journalist and editor-in- chief of the website Kanoon Zanan Irani (Focus on Iranian Women),… Read More »

Peace Laureates Call for ‘Climate Justice’: MEDIA RELEASE

-Ottawa (December 3, 2009) Nobel Laureates Wangari Maathai, Shirin Ebadi, Jody Williams, Mairead Maguire, Rigoberta Menchu Tum and Betty Williams… Read More »

Day 10: Spotlighting Jila Baniyaghoob

Meet Jila Baniyaghoob. Jila is a journalist and editor-in-chief of the website Kanoon Zanan Irani (Focus on Iranian Women), a… Read More »

Day 9 of 16 Days of Activism: Spotlighting Lubna Masarwa

Meet Lubna Masarwa. Lubna is a Palestinian activist who works as a community organizer for Al Quds University, focusing on… Read More »

Peace Laureates Join the Call for Climate Justice

Six women Nobel Peace Laureates have released a statement and a video about ‘climate justice‘ today. As the world’s eyes… Read More »

Day 9: Spotlighting Lubna Masarwa

Meet Lubna Masarwa. Lubna is a Palestinian activist who works as a community organizer for Al Quds University, focusing on… Read More »

Day 8 of 16 Days of Activism: Spotlighting Zaynab El Sawi

Meet Zaynab El Sawi. Zaynab is the Coordinator of Sudanese Women Empowerment for Peace (SuWEP). SuWEP has a strong vision… Read More »

Day 8: Spotlighting Zaynab El Sawi

Meet Zaynab El Sawi. Zaynab is the Coordinator of Sudanese Women Empowerment for Peace (SuWEP). SuWEP has a strong vision… Read More »