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Human rights lawyer and a legal activist Nasrin Sotoudeh is commemorating her forty-eighth birthday inside an Iranian prison. Nobel Peace… Read More »
Were you away last week and missed our coverage of Women Forging a New Security: Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict? … Read More »
Betsy Kawamura is the founder of Women4NonViolence in Peace & Conflict Zones. I am on my way back to Oslo,… Read More »
Did you know that up to 500,000 women were raped during the Rwandan genocide? Did you know that over 64,000… Read More »
-Ottawa (May 26, 2011) Sexual violence is widespread in armed conflicts around the world, according to a new report published… Read More »
–For Immediate Release– Women Peace Laureates urge Canadian leadership to protect women in armed conflict (Ottawa) Sexual violence is widespread… Read More »
Shinkai Karokhail from Afghanistan discusses how connections and contact can create a community and heal wounds. Shinkai Karokhail is a… Read More »
Watch Wangu Kanja from Kenya talk about rape as truly a global issue and finding allies from all over the… Read More »
Mairead Maguire speaks about empowering people for innovation and social change.
The official Twitter hashtag for our conference has been #endrapeinwar. As much as we wish that everyone in the world… Read More »
Watch Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Laureate and Nobel Women’s Initiative member, address the attendees of “Women Forging a New Security:… Read More »
The Globe and Mail published a feature on sexual violence and conflict today. The story spotlights women attending the conference… Read More »
Lena Ag discusses her favourite part of the conference: meeting and collaborating with amazing women. Lena Ag is the Secretary… Read More »
Jocelyn Kelly is the Women in War Research Coordinator at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI). In the plenary talk with… Read More »
Lauren Embrey is the CEO/President of the Embrey Family Foundation (photo: right, with Cynda Collins Arsenault). After the grand beginnings… Read More »
Betsy Kawamura is the founder of Women4NonViolence in Peace & Conflict Zones. Here I am at the second day of… Read More »
Jaclyn Friedman is live-blogging this morning’s panel discussion. Click here to follow along. What does a survivor-centered strategy look like?… Read More »
Jody Williams and Shirin Ebadi talk about what works when working for global change. Jody Williams – Day 2 from… Read More »
As promised, from the social media session. Click here: Getting Started in Social Media: Nobel Women’s Approach If you have… Read More »
Laura Carlsen is the Director of Americas Program at the Center for International Policy and lives in Mexico City. 500,000… Read More »
Luz Mendez from Guatemala talks about her impressions of the sessions today and the importance of building alliances with those… Read More »
Naw K’nway Paw from Burma discusses her reflections on the conference so far, and the importance of different women’s opinions…. Read More »
The third and final day of Women Forging a New Security: Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict is about to begin…. Read More »
In February, women in Guatemala gathered to address rape suffered by thousands of women during armed conflict. Between 1960 and… Read More »