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Nasrin Sotoudeh – a colleague of Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi-has ended her hunger strike after being admitted to Evin prison’s… Read More »
Police in Sudan arrested 48 Sudanese human and women’s rights activists during a peaceful protest on December 14. The activists… Read More »
- Ottawa (December 20, 2010) Nobel Peace Laureates to Iran: Free Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh The Nobel Women’s Initiative–a group of… Read More »
The Nobel Women’s Initiative–a group of six Nobel Peace Laureates, including Iranian Shirin Ebadi–is calling on the Iranian government to… Read More »
The Sudanese Women Empowerment for Peace organization (SuWEP) hosted a conference at Afhad University for Women in Khartoum this week on the… Read More »
Consensus on the creation of a centralized global fund for climate change was reached as the UN World Summit on… Read More »
Mairead Maguire delivered a message from Berlin today on the occasion of the awarding of the Karl von Ossietzky Medal… Read More »
December 10 marks the final day of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. Every day for the past 16… Read More »
Meet Inés Fernández Ortega and Valentina Rosendo Cantú. They are indigenous women of the Me’phaa nation from the state of Guerrero,… Read More »
Meet Inés Fernández Ortega and Valentina Rosendo Cantú. They are indigenous women of the Me’phaa nation from the state of… Read More »
Jody Williams challenged her audience to take action and reclaim the word “peace” this week when she spoke at TEDWomen… Read More »
Meet SHIRIN BATSHON-KHOURY. Shirin works at the Kayan Feminist Organization in Haifa, Israel where she is the Coordinator of the… Read More »
Meet SHIRIN BATSHON-KHOURY. Shirin is a Palestinian activist who works for the Kayan Feminist Organization in Israel. The organization aims… Read More »
Iranian student organizations and student activists outside of Iran organized a global day of action on December 7th on university… Read More »
Meet THAWRA STAITI. Thawra is a volunteer with Freedom Theatre in Jenin, on the West Bank of Palestine. Freedom Theatre… Read More »
Meet THAWRA STAITI. Thawra is a volunteer with Freedom Theatre in Jenin, in the West Bank of Palestine. Freedom Theatre… Read More »
Meet NAEIMA AGABNA AWAD EL SAID. Naeima is a civil society and human rights activist from Khartoum, Sudan. She has… Read More »
Meet NAEIMA AGABNA AWAD EL SAID. Naeima is an civil society and human rights activist from Khartoum, Sudan. She has… Read More »
Meet MARIA SOLIS GARCIA. Maria is a feminist law professor and women’s rights activist from Guatemala. She is the founder… Read More »
Meet MARIA SOLIS GARCIA. Maria is a feminist law professor and women’s rights advocate from Guatemala. Maria is the founder… Read More »
Meet GILDA RIVERA. Gilda is a psychologist and the founder of the Women Rights Center in Honduras. Her past work… Read More »
Meet LONA JAMES ELIA. She is a Southern Sudanese activist and member of the Sudanese Women’s Empowerment for Peace (SuWEP)… Read More »
Aung San Suu Kyi spoke earlier today with Jody Williams, who called on behalf of all her Nobel sisters to… Read More »
- Ottawa (December 3, 2010) Burma’s recently freed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi today added her name to the… Read More »
Meet MA PU SEIN. She was a participant in the 2010 International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women of Burma, an… Read More »
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