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March 21, 2019
Nobel Women’s Initiative Statement on the persecution of Rohingya women
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination March 21, 2019 – Parliament Hill, Ottawa In March 2018, Nobel Women’s Initiative conducted a fact-finding delegation in partnership with Bangladeshi organizations, and met with over 100…
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March 14, 2019
Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Sentenced to 38 Years in Prison and 148 Lashes
On Monday Iranian human rights defender and lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was sentenced to 33 years in prison and 148 lashes after being unjustly detained for nearly eight months. She is being punished simply for doing…
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February 25, 2019
Over 250 prominent women leaders call on President Trump and Chairman Kim to end the Korean War
A Letter Jointly Addressed to Donald Trump, President of the United States of America and Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea …
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February 13, 2019
Nobel Women’s Initiative launches InterviewHer, a global media database of women experts on conflict and security
Ottawa—February 13, 2019. The Nobel Women’s Initiative today launched InterviewHer, a global database that helps connect media to a wide range of women experts on conflict, peace and security from around the world. Research from…
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November 30, 2018
Women for Yemen Network: Joint Statement in Advance of the Yemeni Peace Talks in Sweden
After four years of devastating war, the people of Yemen demand peace. It is women who are the most-affected by the war and their voices need to be heard in the peace negotiations. We, as…
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November 30, 2018
Meet Riya William Yuyada, South Sudan
“Our parents lived in war, we were born in war, and some of us are ourselves having children in war. But we all have hope.” Riya William Yuyada was born in Sudan in 1991, into…
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November 29, 2018
Meet Nasrin Sotoudeh, Iran
“I was released, but I was not freed.” Iran may be one of the world’s most dangerous places to be an activist, and no one knows that better than Nasrin Sotoudeh. The country’s most prominent…
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November 25, 2018
Meet Razia Sultana, Rohingya
“The work was painful to me, but someone had to do it. As a member of my community, it was my duty.” Since 2014, Rohingya lawyer and educator Razia Sultana has spoken out for the…
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November 23, 2018
Meet 16 exciting women activists inspiring bold change around the world!
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence starts Sunday! Over the next two weeks we will be profiling extraordinary women activists working globally for bold action! You won’t want to miss these amazing stories! Subscribe now to have them delivered directly to your…
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October 22, 2018
Sister-to-Sister 2018 begins in Ottawa!
This week Enas AbdAljawwad (Palestine), Carrington Christmas (Mi’kma’ki), Ivette Estefania Galván García (Mexico), Pamela Okoroigwe (Nigeria), Kinda Omarain (Syria), and Thinzar Shunlei Yi (Myanmar) will begin a six-week advocacy and communications training program for young…
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October 05, 2018
Yazidi Activist Nadia Murad and Gynaecologist Dr. Denis Mukwege Receive 2018 Nobel Peace Prize
Yazidi-Iraqi activist Nadia Murad and Congolese gynaecologist Dr. Denis Mukwege have received this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for their incredible work against sexual violence in conflict to end the use of rape as a weapon of war….
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September 20, 2018
Nobel Peace Laureates call on Honduras to ensure a fair trial in the murder of land defender Berta Cáceres
Ottawa — 19 September 2018 The Nobel Peace Laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative call on the Honduran government to ensure that there is a fair and just trial for those individuals being charged with…
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September 20, 2018
A call to recognize, protect and support women human rights defenders and women’s movements
Civil society statement on the occasion of the Women Foreign Ministers Meeting 21-22 September 2018, Montreal, Quebec, Canada We, the undersigned organizations, call on Women Foreign Ministers gathered in Montreal, on the eve of the…
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August 20, 2018
Nobel Peace Laureates call for an immediate investigation of Saudi-led coalition attacks on Yemen
Ottawa—20 August 2018 The Nobel Peace Laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative call for an immediate ceasefire to stop armed hostilities in Yemen, and for the creation of an international investigative committee into the August…
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August 20, 2018
Statement regarding call for release of Dr. Shahidul Alam and Students in Bangladesh
Two weeks ago in Bangladesh, high school students came out in the streets to register their spontaneous protest about the death of two school-going students caused by speeding buses. They demanded their right to road…
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August 09, 2018
JOINT STATEMENT ON CANADA’S SUPPORT FOR WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN SAUDI ARABIA
Ottawa—August 9, 2018 The undersigned organizations express our support to Canada for its recent position on the detention of women human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia. We join Canada in urging Saudi Arabia to release…
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June 26, 2018
Standing with Rohingya Women: Spotlighting Survivors for World Refugee Day
For World Refugee Day last week, we spotlighted the plight of the Rohingya people with the ONLINE PREMIERE of our Standing with Rohingya Women short film. This five minute film follows our February delegation to Bangladesh with Nobel Peace laureates Tawakkol Karman, Shirin Ebadi,…
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June 05, 2018
Women, Land and Peace: Celebrating Women Land Defenders for World Environment Day!
This World Environment Day, we celebrate the work of women land defenders with the ONLINE PREMIERE of our Women, Land and Peace short films – in partnership with JASS (Just Associates) and the Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation! These five minute films follow…
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May 28, 2018
Off-Again/On-Again Trump-Kim Summit Cannot Derail Peace – Over 1,000 women cross the DMZ: News Release
Despite the ongoing uncertainty of the Trump-Kim Summit in Singapore, the drive for peace by the people of both North Korea and South Korea is unstoppable. The peace train has left the station, according to…
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May 26, 2018
Rain or shine: Dispatch from South Korea
“We walk in the hope that we can move closer to the re-unification of Korea. We have always walked in the rain or shine. Let’s give power to women. Let’s walk.” – Young-Soo Han. As the political…
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May 25, 2018
Peace is unstoppable: Dispatch from South Korea
“Peace is unstoppable, and we are not waiting for the United States to make peace happen on the Korean peninsula.” – Christine Ahn. In the aftermath of yesterday’s deeply disappointing news that American President Donald Trump…
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May 25, 2018
80 Million Hearts Broken as June 12 Talks Cancelled, But Women Say Peace is Unstoppable: News Release
Today, 80 million Korean hearts across the Peninsula are broken by the news of the cancellation of the June 12 Summit between President Trump and Chairman Kim. But the drive for peace by the people…
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May 24, 2018
At the crossroads of peace: Dispatch from South Korea
“We are standing at the crossroads of peace – it will come, but it won’t come easily and it won’t be free.” – Chung Hyun-back. On this International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament, our #WomenPeaceKorea: A New Era delegation…
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May 23, 2018
Solidarity is power: Dispatch from South Korea
“Solidarity is power.” — Lee-Kim Hyun-Sook. Our #WomenPeaceKorea: A New Era delegation with Women Cross DMZ is well underway— our amazing delegates are on the ground in Seoul with our South Korean partner, Women Peace Walk. The delegation officially…
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May 16, 2018
#WomenPeaceKorea: A Delegation of Women Experts Head to South Korea
On April 27, South Korean and North Korean heads of state, President Moon Jae-In and Chairman Kim Jong-Un, signed an historic agreement seeking to formally end the Korean War. This is an exciting moment, but also a…
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April 27, 2018
“Because it’s 2018”: Feminist leaders urge G7 to invest in a feminist future
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 27, 2018 (Ottawa) Over 60 feminist leaders–from Canada, G7 countries and around the world–met in Ottawa for the first-ever feminist summit on the sidelines of the G7, hosted by Canada this…
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April 23, 2018
W7: Feminist Visions for the G7
For the first time ever, the G7 engagement process includes a summit of diverse feminist leaders – the W7: Feminist Visions for the G7. The W7 will bring together feminists who are trailblazers in their…
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March 09, 2018
Human Rights Council Must Stop Rohingya Genocide
Nobel Women’s Initiative Preliminary Findings on Myanmar UN Human Rights Council Thirty-Seventh session March 2018 The Nobel Women’s Initiative conducted a fact-finding delegation to Bangladesh between February 24 and March 2, to investigate the situation…
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March 07, 2018
Shifting the Power: Join us in New York!
Join us for Shifting the Power—A Global Conversation on Funding for a Feminist Future for meaningful conversation about recent trends and challenges in funding for women’s organizations and women’s movements, both domestically and globally. We…
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March 01, 2018
Silence is Complicity: Dispatch from Bangladesh
On the final two days of the Standing with Rohingya Women delegation, Shirin Ebadi, Tawakkol Karman, and Mairead Maguire brought the stories of the women they met to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, diplomats, the media, and members of civil society in Dhaka. The…
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February 28, 2018
Stop the Genocide: Dispatch from Bangladesh
“We accuse the government of Myanmar of the crime of genocide.” Mairead Maguire The Nobel laureates met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today. They held a press conference where they again called for an end…
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February 28, 2018
Nobel Women Peace Laureates Call for an End to Rohingya Genocide: MEDIA RELEASE
Dhaka – February 28, 2018 As three Nobel peace laureates—Tawakkol Karman of Yemen, Shirin Ebadi of Iran, and Mairead Maguire of Northern Ireland – conclude their visit to Bangladesh on the six-month anniversary of the…
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February 27, 2018
You are not alone: Dispatch from Bangladesh
“You are not alone in the world. We are with you. We will hold the people who did this to you accountable.” Tawakkol Karman. The Nobel laureates visited No Man’s Land at the Bangladesh-Burma border today. They are calling for sister…
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February 26, 2018
We are not afraid: Dispatch from Bangladesh
February 24th—February 26 “We are not afraid of anything. We want our stories to be told.” Our Standing with Rohingya Women delegation is well underway— the Nobel laureates are on the ground and with our partner, Bangladeshi women’s activist…
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February 22, 2018
Standing with Rohingya Women: Three peace laureates in Bangladesh
On the sixth-month anniversary of the latest cycle of military violence in Burma (Myanmar), Nobel Peace Laureates Shirin Ebadi (Iran), Tawakkol Karman (Yemen), and Mairead Maguire (Northern Ireland), are traveling to Bangladesh to assess first-hand the situation of the…
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January 22, 2018
Nobel Peace Laureates call for end of harassment of land defender Maria Choc
Ottawa— 22 January 2018 The Nobel Peace Laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative call on the Guatemalan authorities to cease the harassment of Q’eqchi’ community leader and land defender Maria Choc. Maria Choc was arrested…
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January 16, 2018
Foreign Ministers choose to obstruct path to peace on Korean Peninsula
For Immediate Release: Final statement The Vancouver Summit on Korea missed a critical opportunity for peace. Instead of supporting the reduction of tensions in the Korean peninsula that began with the inter-Korean dialogue and the…
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January 09, 2018
Women must be at the peace table to resolve the Korean conflict: JOIN US
Foreign Ministers from around the world will be meeting in Vancouver, Canada on January 16th to discuss security and stability in the Korean Peninsula. Nobel Women’s Initiative will be traveling with a delegation of 16…
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November 27, 2017
Nobel Peace Laureates call for an end to blockade in Yemen
Ottawa—27 November, 2017 The Nobel Peace Laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative call on the Saudi and Emirates-led coalition to immediately reopen all land, air and sea ports of Yemen to humanitarian relief for Yemeni…
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September 08, 2017
Time to break the silence: Laureates to Aung San Suu Kyi
Five of the Nobel peace laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative are calling on Aung San Suu Kyi to break her silence on the violence against the Rohingya, the Muslim minority in Burma. The laureates today…
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September 27, 2016
When We Are Bold now available!
Nobel Women’s Initiative is pleased to announce the release of “When We Are Bold: Women Who Turn Our Upsidedown World Right” – a collection of 28 profiles of women who boldly work for change, by…
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