#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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#WomenPeaceKorea: A New Era
South Korea, May 23 - 26
(Washington D.C.) –– An international delegation of 30 peace activists, security experts and civil society leaders will travel to South Korea from May 23-26, 2018, to support the inclusion of civil society women and peace experts in the Korean ...read more
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 27, 2018 (Ottawa) Over 60 feminist leaders--from Canada, G7 countries and around the world--met in Ottawa for the first-ever feminist summit on the sidelines of the G7, hosted by Canada this year. During the two days together, the diverse group met with Prime Minister ...read more
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Big step forward for Canadian women – but more details needed around direct
funding to women’s rights organizations globally.
(OTTAWA, March 5, 2018) Nobel Women’s Initiative (NWI) and The MATCH International
Women’s Fund (TMF), two organizations with strong feminist pedigrees, are watching ...read more
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Dhaka – February 28, 2018
As three Nobel peace laureates—Tawakkol Karman of Yemen, Shirin Ebadi of Iran, and Mairead Maguire of Northern Ireland – conclude their visit to Bangladesh on the six-month anniversary of the current Rohingya crisis, the three women are calling for an immediate end to ...read more
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Standing with Rohingya Women: Nobel Women 2018 Delegation
Bangladesh, February 24 – March 2
The Nobel Women’s Initiative, in partnership with local Bangladeshi women’s organization, Naripokkho, is organizing a delegation to Bangladesh to witness and highlight the situation of the Rohingya ...read more
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Ottawa— 22 January 2018
The Nobel Peace Laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative call on the Guatemalan authorities to cease the harassment of Q'eqchi' community leader and land defender Maria Choc. Maria Choc was arrested without a warrant on January 17, 2018 in Puerto Barrios while providing ...read more
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Ottawa— 18 January 2018
The Nobel Peace Laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative call on the Guatemalan authorities to immediately release Q'eqchi' community leader and land defender Maria Choc. She was arrested without a warrant in Puerto Barrios while providing translation in a hearing for a ...read more
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For Immediate Release: Final statement
The Vancouver Summit on Korea missed a critical opportunity for peace. Instead of supporting the reduction of tensions in the Korean peninsula that began with the inter-Korean dialogue and the Olympics truce, the Foreign Ministers chose to further isolate ...read more
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VANCOUVER -- As sixteen delegates representing peace movements from all over the world, we have traveled from Asia, Pacific, Europe, and North America to convene the Vancouver Women’s Forum on Peace and Security on the Korean Peninsula, an event held in solidarity with Canada’s Feminist Foreign ...read more
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