Meet Rada Boric.
Rada is a renowned international feminist, professor, and peace activist, who is best known for creating positive change in the lives of women in her native Croatia and around the world.
Rada started off helping women survivors of violence during the war in the former ...read more
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2012 – 16 Days of Activism
Day 7: Spotlighting Hagit Ofran, Israel
“We feel that the more people know what is happening inside East Jerusalem, the better our chances of building a lasting peace in the Middle East are.”
Meet Hagit Ofran.
Hagit is the director of the Settlement Watch project, part of the Israeli Peace Now movement. Widely-recognized as ...read more
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Day 6: Spotlighting Lubna Masarwa, Palestine
“Women’s empowerment is important for me; this is why I identified myself as a political feminist activist, because women’s situation is as bad. Women in my region suffer from a double type of oppression—social and also political—so I have to consider the gender aspect in my activism.”
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Day 5: Spotlighting Chi Yvonne Leina, Cameroon
“I came to realize it’s important for women to talk, it’s important for women to voice their concerns and fears. It is important for women to alert everyone when they sense violence. And so for that reason, I became interested in talking with women who can’t talk for themselves.”
Meet Chi Yvonne ...read more
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Day 4: Spotlighting Melina Laboucan Massimo, Lubicon Lake Cree Nation, Canada
“I really feel the need to be a part of the struggle against the way the world is being desecrated for the pursuit of profit. The natural balance of our environment is seriously in threat.”
Meet Melina Laboucan Massimo.
Melina is an Indigenous and environmental activist from the Lubicon Cree ...read more
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Day 3: Spotlighting Susanna Hla Hla Soe, Burma
Meet Susanna Hla Hla Soe.
Susanna is an activist working to improve the lives of ethnic Karen women in Burma. Susanna grew up in a rural community that suffered profoundly from the ethnic conflicts that have defined so much of Burmese history. The values she learned at home in her Baptist ...read more
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Day 2: Spotlighting Laura Reyes, Mexico
“I come from a family that stands up for what we believe, and we stand up for human rights.”
Meet Laura Reyes.
Laura Reyes is an activist from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico who is deeply committed to justice for her family. Her family has been the target of brutal violence—everything from house ...read more
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Day 1: Spotlighting Crystal Lameman, Beaver Lake Cree Nation, Canada
“It is my obligation as a mother, my obligation to my ancestors to ensure we have our rights respected. It’s my obligation to my future generations and most of all to our own true mother—something each and every one of us in here has in common. That obligation can never be surrendered. We are ...read more
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Join us for 16 Days of Activism to End Gender Violence!
Nobel Women’s Initiative, together with many other women’s organizations worldwide, is again taking part in 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. For 16 days -- from November 25th to December 10th -- Nobel Women's Initiative will spotlight women activists from around the globe. This year, we ...read more
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