16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is a global annual campaign that brings attention to gender violence and highlights the work of activists all over the world. Each day from November 25th to December 10th, Nobel Women's Initiative highlights 16 grassroots women activists working for peace, justice and equality. Stay tuned for 16 Days of Activism 2016 and subscribe to have the spotlights sent right to your inbox!
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“What I do is deeply meaningful. The small people, the little people, hand in hand, pooling our efforts – we changed history!”
Wang Xuan began her career as an English teacher and linguist, but her life’s work has been the heroic crusade that exposed a World War II war ...read more
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"I have also learned that the word impossible is a lie. Nothing is impossible if you are driven by love and invest yourself fully. Hate will never have the last word. Not as long as we practice love."
Marguerite "Maggy" Barankitse is an acclaimed activist from Burundi and founder of Maison Shalom, ...read more
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It’s rare that policy analysts—wielding only data and research—become as influential or as beloved as Kate McInturff.
But Kate had the rare ability to crunch numbers, and then translate her findings into crystal-clear analysis that made you understand the big picture—and want to take action to ...read more
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“We have to stop putting youth alone into forums with other youth who already know what the issues are and agree with one another. We have to put youth into spaces with people who disagree with them, even if it’s not a topic that’s related to young people, because all topics are related to young ...read more
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“We care about Yemen. So, we empower Yemeni women. And they empower Yemen.”
For Hana Saleh, a nurse in the capital city of Sanaa, the 2011 peaceful revolution in Yemen was a turning point in her life. She spent months with other youth leaders and protesters, in what would come ...read more
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“I really think that women have the capacity, the will and the wisdom to come up with ideas that are different from men.”
Aiyoung Choi was born in what is today North Korea, moved to Seoul in today’s South Korea, and grew up in China, Taiwan and Japan before moving to the ...read more
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"Yemeni women take a lot of bullets from men. They take on a lot of responsibilities and play a key role in reintegrating kids recruited by extremists and militants. Protecting our kids and reintegrating is the way we are going to heal our communities."
Fadia Thabet is a Yemeni peace activist. ...read more
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“I believe in thoughtful cinema—films that make you think, criticize and question yourself and your surroundings.”
Filmmaker and activist, Laura Baumeister DeMontis, was born in Nicaragua in 1983, in the midst of a revolution spanning three decades. She became interested in ...read more
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