(Bukavu, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo). February 25, 2014.
--A fact-finding mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo—led by Nobel peace laureate Leymah Gbowee of Liberia, and organized by the International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict—today called ...read more
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Media Releases
La lauréate d’un prix Nobel, Leymah Gbowee, dirige une mission d’observation dans l’est de la RDC
Kigali—(19 février 2014). Un groupe de femmes américaines et canadiennes qui occupent des fonctions de haut niveau—dirigé par la lauréate d'un prix Nobel de la paix, Leymah Gbowee,—a amorcé aujourd'hui une mission d'observation visant à comprendre le travail des organisations de femmes locales qui ...read more
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Nobel laureate Leymah Gbowee leads fact-finding mission to Eastern DRC
Kigali—(February 19, 2014). A group of high-level American and Canadian women—led by Nobel peace laureate Leymah Gbowee—today launched a fact-finding mission aimed at understanding the work of local women’s organizations who are stopping rape and other forms of gender-based violence in eastern ...read more
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Nobel Laureates: Honour full mandate of Guatemala’s Attorney General!
The Laureates of the Nobel Women's Initiative have released a statement today calling on the Guatemalan government to honour the full mandate of Guatemala's Attorney General, Claudia Paz y Paz. The statement comes in response to a surprise ruling last week from the Guatemala Constitutional Court to ...read more
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Systematic sexual violence in Burma’s ethnic areas: new report
For Immediate Release
January 14, 2014
[Rangoon, Chiang Mai and New York]
Today marks the launch of an important new report documenting ongoing crimes of sexual violence—over 100 cases documented since 2010, including 47 gang rapes--perpetrated by the Burmese military in ethnic regions of ...read more
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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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