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From the Laureates: Thank you for your support and we look forward to your solidarity in 2021!

As you know, Nobel Women's Initiative exists to help create a world transformed through a rejection of war, militarism, violence, and discrimination. We believe global security is about human security. Nothing like a global pandemic to reveal the inherent tension between ensuring the security of  ...read more

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A las comunidades afroindígenas garífunas de Honduras:

Nos dirigimos a ustedes hoy para mostrarles nuestra solidaridad, haciéndolo extensivo a las comunidades garífunas afroindígenas de Honduras en su lucha por proteger sus comunidades de la apropiación de tierras y el asalto a la biodiversidad de la costa hondureña que es su medio de vida.  Como  ...read more

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Six Nobel Peace laureates call on Prime Minister Trudeau to reinstate ban on military exports to Saudi Arabia

OPEN LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P. Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2  1 May 2020 Dear Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, As Nobel Peace laureates, we are deeply concerned by Canada  ...read more

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Nobel Peace Laureates call for end to displacements, violence and killings in Cameroon

As Nobel Peace laureates, we are deeply concerned by the ongoing displacements, violence and killings in Cameroon and by the surge of human rights violations in the context of Cameroon’s past and recent elections. This surge of violence did not end with the elections. In fact, people who cast their  ...read more

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42 Nobel Laureates call on Canadian Government to reject Teck Frontier Mine Proposal

Dear Prime Minister Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Freeland, 2020 has already become a year defined by devastating impacts of climate change. While we celebrated the ambition of countries — including Canada — that demanded the enshrinement of 1.5℃ in the Paris Agreement, it is increasingly  ...read more

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Shirin Ebadi, Tawakkol Karman, Mairead Maguire listen in Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh. Credit Allison Joyce

Nobel peace laureates urge Aung San Suu Kyi to be accountable for crimes against Rohingya

Eight Nobel peace laureates are calling on Aung San Suu Kyi to publicly acknowledge crimes — including genocide — committed against the Rohingya in Myanmar. On December 10th, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN's highest court, will be starting public hearings and Aung San Suu Kyi is  ...read more

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Nobel Peace laureates to hold Climate Strike at 17th Nobel Peace Summit

Seventeen Nobel Peace laureates have issued a statement in solidarity with the youth-led Global Climate Strike and call for immediate action at the United Nations emergency climate summit in New York City next week. Speaking in Yucatan, Mexico, the Nobel Peace laureates expressed their  ...read more

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Canada’s new guidelines to support human rights defenders a step in the right direction

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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