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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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Feminist activists share issues and priorities with the first-ever meeting of Women Foreign Ministers
(OTTAWA, September 26, 2018) A coalition of Canadian civil society organizations welcome the successful conclusion of a fruitful exchange between participants in the first-ever women Foreign ...read more
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Ottawa — 19 September 2018
The Nobel Peace Laureates of the Nobel Women's Initiative call on the Honduran government to ensure that there is a fair and just trial for those individuals being charged with the murder of Berta Cáceres, land and human rights defender assassinated in her home on March ...read more
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