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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Shirin Ebadi
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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Shirin Ebadi: Promises are good; change is better
“The words that fill declarations and resolutions must be made real,” writes Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi in the New York Times. “They must be turned into action if survivors of gender violence are to feel the difference in their lives.”
Ebadi offers inspirational insights and thought-provoking ...read more
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Shirin Ebadi reports on human rights in Iran, May-June 2013
Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi released her review of the human rights situation in Iran for May and June 2013. In this segment Ebadi focuses in particular on freedom of expression and the free flow of information.
Ebadi highlights three separate instances where a group known as "the unknown virtual ...read more
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Shirin Ebadi reports on human rights, Nov – Dec 2012
Nobel Laureate and lawyer Shirin Ebadi released her November/December 2012 review of human rights in Iran. In this segment Ebadi focuses in particular on the welfare of children.
Ebadi highlights a recent case in which 31 girls were wounded in a fire at a West Azerbayjan Province school; two of ...read more
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