Meet Tinda Sebe-Sikaneta.
Tinda is a community organizer advocating to stop Energy East, a proposed TransCanada pipeline that would pass through Ottawa, Canada.
Tinda lives in Stittsville, Ontario, a rapidly expanding suburb of west Ottawa, with her husband and three young boys. A former ...read more
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2013 – 16 Days of Activism
Day 7: Meet Jasna Bastic, Former Yugoslavia/ Switzerland
Meet Jasna Bastic.
Jasna works with Peace Boat, an organization working to promote non-violent conflict resolution and justice aboard a chartered passenger ship that travels the world on peace voyages.
Jasna organizes educational programming for students from around the ...read more
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Day 6: Meet Annie Nushann, Liberia
Meet Annie Nushann.
Annie, also known as “Ma Annie”, is the catalyst behind Peace Hut, a community led initiative in Totota, Bong County, Liberia. The initiative empowers women by educating them on their rights and mobilizing them in violence prevention and peacebuilding. ...read more
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Day 5: Meet Rawan Eghbariah, Palestine
Meet Rawan Eghbariah.
Rawan works with New Profile, a volunteer grassroots organization committed to reforming Israel from a soldier state to an active peacemaking society.
In particular, Rawan provides support to young Israeli men and women who resist military ...read more
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Day 4: Meet Marjorie Lafontant, Haiti
Meet Marjorie Lafontant.
Marjorie is the Executive Director of Femmes En Action Contre La Stigmatisation Et La Discrimination Sexuelle (FACSDIS), an organization that fights against the discrimination and sexual violence faced by LGBT people in Haiti.
Marjorie empowers the LGBT community by ...read more
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Day 3: Meet Julienne Lusenge, Democratic Republic of Congo
Meet Julienne Lusenge.
Julienne is the President of Female Solidarity for Integrated Peace and Development (SOFEPADI), a coalition of 40 women’s organizations in the Eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
SOFEPADI works to defend and protect women’s ...read more
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Day 2: Meet Visaka Dharmadasa, Sri Lanka
Meet Visaka Dharmadasa.
Visaka is the founder and chair of the Association of War Affected Women (AWAW) and Parents of Servicemen Missing in Action. Visaka played a key role in ending the civil war and fostering a lasting peace in post-conflict Sri Lanka, and has ...read more
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Day 1: Meet Hania Moheeb, Egypt
Meet Hania Moheeb.
Hania is a seasoned journalist dedicated to ending rape and impunity for sexual violence in Egypt. Hania is herself a survivor of a brutal politically-motivated sexual assault—an experience that catapulted her into the role of outspoken activist.
In ...read more
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Meet 16 Amazing Activists during 16 Days of Activism!
The Nobel Women’s Initiative is excited to join this year with organizations around the world for the campaign 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence!
For 16 Days—from November 25 to December 10—we will introduce you to inspirational women activists from around the globe.
We can’t wait ...read more
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