Ottawa—June 17, 2019
With human rights defenders increasingly under attack around the world, civil society organizations today welcomed the Government of Canada’s new guidelines aimed at strengthening its approach to ensuring the safety and security of these courageous activists as part of its ...read more
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Ottawa, June 12, 2019
The Women, Peace & Security Network-Canada applauds the Government of Canada’s appointment today of Jacqueline O’Neill as Canada’s first-ever Ambassador for Women, Peace and Security.
Ms. O’Neill will serve as a point person on Canada’s efforts to advance a robust ...read more
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(Ottawa, April 4, 2019) A democratic crisis is deepening in Guatemala, with human rights and rule of law increasingly under assault. Forty-four Nobel laureates, alarmed by the growing and dangerous disregard for justice, issued an open statement urging Guatemalan ...read more
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Hanoi, Vietnam — A global delegation of women peacemakers in Hanoi expressed disappointment in the outcome of the second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un, but emphasized the importance of continuing to support efforts between the two countries to end ...read more
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Women Mobilizing to End the War: KOREA PEACE NOW
Hanoi, Vietnam — A broad group of women leaders are calling on President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un to declare at their upcoming summit in Hanoi, Vietnam an end to the Korean War and establish an inclusive peace process ...read more
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Ottawa—February 13, 2019.
The Nobel Women’s Initiative today launched InterviewHer, a global database that helps connect media to a wide range of women experts on conflict, peace and security from around the world. Research from the 2015 Global Media Monitoring Project – which analyses media ...read more
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Ottawa—10 February 2019
Yesterday, we heard —through the media— of the allegations of sexual assault made against former President and 1987 Nobel Peace Laureate, Oscar Arias. We have also learnt that a criminal complaint was filed against him in Costa Rica.
The #MeToo era is revealing how ...read more
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December 4 - 6, 2018
2018 has been a year of historic change on the Korean Peninsula where the threat of nuclear war has been eclipsed by the prospect of finally ending the 70-year Korean War with a peace process and a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.
In 2018, Korean leaders, Kim Jong Un, ...read more
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