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Video: Rigoberta Menchú Tum introduces delegation to Mexico, Honduras & Guatemala

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The murdered women of Juarez – Counterpunch

Weekend Edition January 21-23, 2011 From Counterpunch: http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/01/21/the-murdered-women-of-juarez/ Trails of Impunity The Murdered Women of Juarez by LAURA CARLSEN Marisela… Read More »

Photo Gallery: Delegation Preparations, Arrival Day – Mexico

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Delegation begins: Nobel Women in Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala

We are very excited to invite you to join us online from January 22 – 31 as the Nobel Women’s… Read More »

Invitación: Rueda de prensa-comida

Mairead Maguire – Irlanda 1976

Mairead Maguire fue galardonada con el Premio Nobel de la Paz en 1976 por sus acciones extraordinarias para poner fin… Read More »

Rigoberta Menchú Tum – Guatemala 1992

Rigoberta Menchú Tum recibió el Premio Nobel de la Paz en 1992 en reconocimiento a su labor por la justicia… Read More »

Jody Williams – Estados Unidos 1997

Jody Williams recibió el Premio Nobel de la Paz en 1997 por su labor orientada a la prohibición de las… Read More »

Shirin Ebadi – Irán 2003

Shirin Ebadi, J.D., fue galardonada con el Premio Nobel de la Paz 2003 en reconocimiento a sus esfuerzos por promover… Read More »

Aung San Suu Kyi – Birmania 1991, Miembro Honoraria

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi recibió el Premio Nobel de la Paz en 1991 en reconocimiento a su labor en… Read More »

Wangari Maathai – Kenia 2004, Miembro fundadora

La doctora Wangari Muta Maathai recibió el Premio Nobel de la Paz en 2004 en reconocimiento a sus acciones por… Read More »

Activist Spotlight: Luz Méndez, Guatemala

“We must recognize that sexual violence has been the greatest silence of wars.”   Meet Luz Méndez. Luz is a… Read More »

Meet the Delegates

The delegation is comprised of highly-respected women journalists, filmmakers, performing artists, businesswomen, indigenous activists and human rights advocates from the… Read More »

Contexto

La violencia contra las mujeres menoscaba las perspectivas de justicia, democracia y paz.  En México y  Centroamérica, las mujeres enfrentan… Read More »

Peticiones

La violencia de Estado contra mujeres y las violaciones de los derechos civiles de las mujeres deben terminar.  Los gobiernos… Read More »

Activists Fight Gender Segregation: Israel

On January 1st, a group of men and women objecting to gender-based segregation on public transportation headed a protest on… Read More »

South Sudan: Violent Raids, Thousands Displaced

Recent attacks by ethnic tribes in the Jonglei state, South Sudan have killed an estimated 3,000 people and left approximately… Read More »

Activist Spotlight: Andréa Medina Rosas, Mexico

Meet ANDRÉA MEDINA ROSAS—feminist human rights lawyer and independent consultant. Andréa courageously works towards defending murdered and disappeared women, many… Read More »

Media Highlights 2011: Nobel Women’s Initiative

16 Days activists feature

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Conference Report 2011 | Women Forging a New Security: Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict

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In May, 2011 over one hundred remarkable women from around the world met in Montebello, Canada to develop strategies to… Read More »

Call for justice for Inés and Valentina

Meet Inés Fernández Ortega and Valentina Rosendo Cantú. They are indigenous women of the Me’phaa nation from the state of… Read More »

UN declares Nasrin Sotoudeh’s detention illegal

Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi has called on the international community to act more boldly in line with its highest ideals… Read More »

Call for Proposals: Coordinator, Sister to Sister Mentorship Programme

SCOPE OF WORK: The Consultant for the new Sister-to-Sister Mentorship Program of the Nobel Women’s Initiative is responsible for the… Read More »