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Rape, sexual slavery and flogging: a crisis situation for women in Sudan

New report says local women’s organizations urgently need help (Ottawa—6 December 2013) The women of Sudan are facing a crisis of sexual violence with no end in sight.  This is the finding of a new report released today by The International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in  ...read more

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Industry & gov’t not listening to those most impacted by oil sands expansion

Report documents resistance of women living along proposed pipeline route  (Ottawa)—28 October 2013 A new report released today show that despite efforts to muzzle the voices of communities resisting oil sands expansion in Alberta and the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, resistance is alive  ...read more

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Ottawa has a chance to be a global leader on climate change says Nobel Peace laureate Jody Williams

For immediate release: Thursday October 24, 2013 Communities across the US, western Canada and now central and eastern Canada are on the frontlines of the global fight to stop climate change—and Nobel peace laureate Jody Williams says it’s the city of Ottawa’s turn to step up to the  ...read more

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Eleven Nobel Peace Prize winners write to Russian President Vladimir Putin over Greenpeace case

Amsterdam, 17th October 2013 - Eleven Nobel Peace Prize laureates including Archbishop Desmond Tutu have written a joint letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin offering their support to twenty eight Greenpeace International activists, a freelance photographer and a freelance filmmaker who are  ...read more

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Nobel laureates, campaigners to African leaders: support the ICC!

-October 10, 2013- In a letter released today, the International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict—including Archbishop Desmond Tutu and six other Nobel laureates—called on members of the African Union (AU) to back the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a critical tool  ...read more

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Nobel peace and science laureates calling for EU action on tar sands

(Brussels)—October 3, 2013. A group of twenty-one Nobel peace and science laureates sent a letter this week to European Commission president José Manuel Barroso urging him and European Union environment ministers to immediately implement the EU Fuel Quality Directive (FQD). The FQD is a  ...read more

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World Premiere of “Partners for Peace” at the One World Film Festival

A new feature-length documentary about women working for peace in Israel and Palestine (Ottawa) September 18, 2013 Ottawa's Kublacom Pictures is pleased to announce the world premiere of its new feature-length documentary film at the One World Film Festival on Thursday September 26th at 7:00pm  ...read more

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Refer Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria to the ICC: Nobel Peace Laureates

 (Ottawa) September 4, 2013 One the eve of the G20 meeting in Russia, the six Nobel peace laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative today called upon the US and its allies to use the international legal system in place of military intervention to respond to any use of chemical weapons in Syria.   ...read more

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Nobel Peace laureates call for end to violence against Muslims in Burma

June 20, 2013 (Ottawa)—Twelve Nobel Peace laureates—including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Shirin Ebadi, Muhammad Yunus, Tawakkol Karman and Jody Williams—today called for an immediate end to the violence against Muslims and other ethnic minorities in Burma. The laureate’s statement comes on the  ...read more

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Nobel Laureates call on President Obama and Secretary Kerry to reject the Keystone XL pipeline

(Ottawa, Canada) – June 18, 2013 Ten recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize have written to President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry urging the rejection of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline. The Laureates, many of whom urged the President to reject the pipeline in 2011, believe that now is  ...read more

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