Meet Las Mujeres Hablan (The Women Speaking).
Las Mujeres Hablan (The Women Speaking) is a network of local activists working in Northern New Mexico, USA, to protect their peoples and lands from the nuclear weapons industry. The women work locally for global disarmament. Since 1943, Los Alamos ...read more
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16 Days of Activism 2009
Day 15: Spotlighting Molly Malekar
Meet Molly Malekar. Molly has been involved with Bat Shalom, Israeli Women's Venture for Peace since 1995. She is part of the spokespersons' team for the Women's Coalition for Just Peace, and previously served as a project coordinator for the Sikkuy Association for the Advancement of Civil Society ...read more
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Day 14: Spotlighting Safaa Elagib Adam
Meet Safaa Elagib Adam.
Safaa is a Sudanese peace and gender activist who has worked in rel ief o pe rations in both Darfur and Eastern Sudan . Her involvement in Sudanese women's forum s since the 4th World Women Conference has been instrumental in voicing women's concerns . Saafa's role as ...read more
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Day 13: Spotlighting Natalia Greene
Meet Natalia Greene. Natalia is a climate change activist based in Ecuador. This week she is in Copenhagen, Denmark with climate change activists from all over the globe.
At home in Ecuador Natalia works as the Political Program Coordinator at Fundacion Pachamama. She was actively involved in ...read more
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Day 10: Spotlighting Jila Baniyaghoob
Meet Jila Baniyaghoob.
Jila is a journalist and editor-in-chief of the website Kanoon Zanan Irani (Focus on Iranian Women), a news website focused on women’s rights. As a reporter, she has been present in almost all regional conflicts and wars in the Middle East over the past ten years, ...read more
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Day 9: Spotlighting Lubna Masarwa
Meet Lubna Masarwa.
Lubna is a Palestinian activist who works as a community organizer for Al Quds University, focusing on educational rights for the thousands of Palestinian children in East Jerusalem who have no schools. She also works with the community of East Jerusalem in their struggle ...read more
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Day 8: Spotlighting Zaynab El Sawi
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 movement in Sudan that respects internal diversity and contributes to democracy, development, justice, gender equality and inclusiveness in a society based ...read more
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Day 7: Spotlighting Lway Aye Nang
Meet Lway Aye Nang.
Aye Nang is the General Secretary of the Women's League of Burma in Thailand. Aye Nang has worked her entire adult life to help bring democracy and human rights to Burma, especially to its women.
Learn more about Aye Nang and the women of ...read more
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