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#SepurZarco: Reflections by Nobel laureate Jody Williams

Nobel laureate Jody Williams recounts her experience in Guatemala to witness the Sepur Zarco trial and stand in solidarity with the courageous women survivors.   -- The Case of the Women of Sepur Zarco:  From Victims to Courageous, Precedent-Setting Survivors   Just a little bit of  ...read more

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Join us at #SepurZarco trial in Guatemala!

Be part of the online journey February 22 – 26 when Nobel peace laureate Jody Williams travels to Guatemala City. She will be joining sister laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum to stand in solidarity with the brave Mayan women going up against the Guatemalan military in the landmark Sepur Zarco trial. The  ...read more

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Include women in peace processes: Nobel Laureates

Nobel laureates Jody Williams and Shirin Ebadi joined Tawakkol Karman in Turkey this week for the “Istanbul Conference on Peace in the Middle East: The Impacts of War on Women and Children.” The event was organized by the Tawakkol Karman Global Peace and Democracy Center at the Aydın  ...read more

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#SurvivorsUnited urges women’s inclusion in Colombia peace process

Delegates from the International Campaign to Stop Rape and Gender Violence in Conflict's #SurvivorsUnited delegation to Colombia - including Nobel Laureate Jody Williams and Jineth Bedoya Lima - have sent an open letter to the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group. They  ...read more

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Nobel Laureates advocate for global peace

The 14th annual World Summit of Nobel Laureates was held in Rome from December 12th to the 14th. The Summit was organized by the Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. Nine Nobel Peace laureates participated in this year’s event. Laureates Jody Williams, Tawakkol  ...read more

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Jody Williams & Nobel Women delegation march for climate in New York

After the 2009 Copenhagen climate conference failed to translate into a binding agreement on environmental issues, citizens around the globe are rallying together to put unprecedented pressure on the world’s politicians to find a solution to the ever-mounting climate crisis. Nobel Peace  ...read more

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Laureates launch EU equality platform

Last week, Nobel Laureates Jody Williams, Shirin Ebadi and Leymah Gbowee attended the launch of a new platform spearheaded by France to promote the rights of women and equality in the European Union. Minister of Women's Rights, City, and Youth & Sports Najat Belkacem-Vallaud and Mayor of  ...read more

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Conference focuses on human impact of nuclear weapons

UPDATE: Between February 13-14, 146 states attended the Nayarit Conference on Nuclear Disarmament. Austria officially announced that it would be the next host of the nuclear disarmament conference, later in 2014. During the conference proceedings, the Chair called for new international standards on  ...read more

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Jody Williams visits Ottawa to talk Women, Oil and Climate Change

Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams visited Ottawa last week to launch our newest report Breaking Ground: Women, Oil and Climate Change in Alberta and British Columbia and to bring the discussion on a sustainable environmental practices to Canada's capital city. Speaking at a panel discussion on  ...read more

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Nobel Women’s Initiative in solidarity with mothers marching for disappeared children

May 10 is Mother's Day in Mexico, but instead of celebrating, many mothers will be marching to protest their children's disappearance. Mothers and other family members of the disappeared from around the country gathered in Mexico City for the Second March for National Dignity. More than 5,300  ...read more

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