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Nobel Peace Laureates call for an immediate investigation of Saudi-led coalition attacks on Yemen

Ottawa—20 August 2018 The Nobel Peace Laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative call for an immediate ceasefire to stop armed hostilities in Yemen, and for the creation of an international investigative committee into the August 9 Saudi and Emirates-led coalition air attacks on Yemeni civilians.  ...read more

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Global Affairs Canada pledges $7 million to support Pan-African Women’s Voice and Leadership initiatives

The African Women’s Development Fund is the second women’s fund selected as an implementing agency for Canada’s Women’s Voice and Leadership initiative. (OTTAWA, August 14, 2018). Nobel Women’s Initiative (NWI) and The MATCH International Women’s Fund (The MATCH Fund) welcome  ...read more

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Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Ask Governor Brown to Take “Moral Responsibility,” Pursue Bold Action to Phase Out Fossil Fuels

In letter from Women Nobel Laureates, Governor Brown urged “begin managed and just transition off of oil and gas production” SACRAMENTO – Declaring that California has “a moral responsibility to act” and “climate leaders can no longer explore for and exploit new fossil fuels,” a group of Nobel  ...read more

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Ukrainian Women’s Fund to Receive Women’s Voice and Leadership Funding from Canada

(OTTAWA, July 23, 2018) Canada’s direct support of UWF and women’s rights movements is an essential part of a feminist foreign policy Nobel Women’s Initiative (NWI) and The MATCH International Women’s Fund (The MATCH Fund) welcome the announcement made by the Minister of International Development,  ...read more

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Statement on June 12 Singapore Summit

Women Cross DMZ and the Nobel Women’s Initiative congratulate US President Donald Trump and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un for their historic June 12, 2018 Summit in Singapore. They committed to establish new relations and build a lasting peace and they set forth a process to denuclearize the  ...read more

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Off-Again/On-Again Trump-Kim Summit Cannot Derail Peace – Over 1,000 women cross the DMZ: News Release

Despite the ongoing uncertainty of the Trump-Kim Summit in Singapore, the drive for peace by the people of both North Korea and South Korea is unstoppable. The peace train has left the station, according to women peace and security experts who were in Seoul last week. Led by Nobel peace laureate  ...read more

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80 Million Hearts Broken as June 12 Talks Cancelled, But Women Say Peace is Unstoppable: News Release

Today, 80 million Korean hearts across the Peninsula are broken by the news of the cancellation of the June 12 Summit between President Trump and Chairman Kim. But the drive for peace by the people of both North Korea and South Korea is unstoppable.   “Even though President Trump has unilaterally  ...read more

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Women Security Experts Urge a Return to Korea – US Talks: Media Advisory

(Seoul) –– An international delegation of 30 women peace and security experts and activists, as well as other civil society leaders –led by Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire and Korea expert Christine Ahn– and a coalition of South Korean women organizations are calling on the United States and  ...read more

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2018 International Women Peace Walk Declaration

(May 23, 2018—Seoul) We are here today, as Korean women and thirty women security experts, peace activists and women’s rights organizations from around the world, to support the Korean peace process and to call for women's full inclusion. Reaffirming the Panmunjeom Declaration of April 27,  ...read more

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Women security experts in South Women to strengthen Korea peace process: Media Advisory

#WomenPeaceKorea: Press Conference (Seoul) –– Women need to be part of the Korea peace process. That is the message of the 30 women security experts, peace activists and women’s rights organizations gathering in South Korea from May 23-26, 2018. Led by Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire  ...read more

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