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Official results of the South Sudan referendum have been released: over 99% of people voted for independence. Demonstrators took to… Read More »
The Nobel Women’s Initiative Quarterly Update is available now! Check your inbox, or read it on the web. Subscribe to… Read More »
The Mexican government responded to a statement released on January 17 by Jody Williams, Shirin Ebadi, Wangari Maathai, Rigoberta Menchu,… Read More »
Sudanese women’s rights activists lobbied Africa’s leaders ahead of the 16th African Union (AU) Summit that kicked off on January… Read More »
In an op-ed in the East African Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai suggests that international attention must go further than… Read More »
In an opinion piece in Sunday’s Daily Nation Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai denounces the impunity enjoyed by Kenyan leaders… Read More »
- Ottawa (January 17, 2011) Six Nobel Peace Laureates–Rigobert Menchu, Jody Williams, Shirin Ebadi, Mairead Maguire, Betty Williams and Wangari… Read More »
South Sudan ends a seven-day independence referendum tomorrow in a vote likely to divide Africa’s largest country in two. So… Read More »
Six Nobel Peace Laureates — Rigoberta Menchu, Jody Williams, Shirin Ebadi, Mairead Maguire, Betty Williams and Wangari Maathai — today… Read More »
As women Nobel Peace Laureates, we are gravely concerned about the murder of human rights defender Marisela Escobedo Ortiz last… Read More »
Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi is urging the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to take whatever action is necessary to… Read More »
An Iranian judge sentenced leading human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh on Sunday to 11 years in jail. She is also… Read More »