Spotlight
Spotlight

Meet Chantal Bilulu Myanga, fighting sexual violence in DR Congo

“If you have been raped, to keep silent is to kill yourself slowly from the inside.” Meet CHANTAL BILULU MYANGA…. Read More »

Meet Haneen Zoabi, Palestinian citizen of Israel

“Real feminism must acknowledge the discrimination against Arab women in Israel, and real feminism must know to identify with and… 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 »

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 »

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 »

Meet MA PU SEIN

Ma Pu Sein was a participant in the 2010International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women in Burma, an event co-hosted by… Read More »

Meet YANAR MOHAMMED

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Yanar is the co-founder and President of the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI). Since it’s inception in 2003,… Read More »

Meet INÉS FERNÁNDEZ ORTEGA AND VALENTINA ROSENDO CANTÚ

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

Meet ZAYNAB EL SAWI

Zaynab is the Coordinator of Sudanese Women Empowerment for Peace (SuWEP). SuWEP has a strong vision of a united women’s… Read More »

Featured Video

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Watch Yanar Mohammed talk about her work.

Featured Video

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Watch a clip of Ma Pu Sein from the Nobel Women’s Initiative film, “This Is My Witness”

It’s not just about hope and ideas. It’s about action.

Shirin Ebadi