Women have been at the forefront of an unprecedented movement in Sudan over the past year. Indeed, according to the BBC, women made up 70 percent of protesters on the ground.Yet despite their incredible leadership, female organizers are underrepresented in peace-making processes and still face ...read more
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According to the BBC, women made up 70 percent of protesters in the movement for peace and democracy in Sudan. Women have been at the forefront of unprecedented protests in the country over the past year. Yet despite this, female organizers are underrepresented in peacemaking processes and still ...read more
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July 26, 2019
Is it summer? Why hasn't the news cycle slowed down? This week we're reminded just how hard women have been working against backlash—world leaders casually making racist and misogynist statements to scores of followers, governments criminalizing women human rights defenders for ...read more
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July 19, 2019
With the long weekends out of the way it’s finally time to embrace summer. It's been a rough year—rough few years? Rough few millennia? You need a break. We’re here to help. The Nobel Women’s Initiative’s Summer Signal will keep you informed of all your vital ...read more
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Looking at today's international refugee and migrant crisis, trying to help can seem overwhelming — here are some things you can do to make a difference.
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No matter where you are, there are organizations dedicated to helping refugees and migrants.
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In late June, members of the Syrian Women’s Political Movement officially launched the group’s first-ever series of public policy papers outlining a feminist path from war to peace in Syria.
Muzna Dureid, Ziva Gorani, and Jomana Qaddour of the Syrian Women’s Political Movement shared the vision ...read more
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Last week, Prime Minister Trudeau appointed Jacqueline O’Neill as Canada’s first ambassador for Women, Peace and Security. Ms. O’Neill will help advance Canada’s feminist foreign policy by championing women, peace and security efforts domestically and abroad.
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Ottawa—June 17, 2019
With human rights defenders increasingly under attack around the world, civil society organizations today welcomed the Government of Canada’s new guidelines aimed at strengthening its approach to ensuring the safety and security of these courageous activists as part of its ...read more
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Last month, the Nicaraguan government released eight women political prisoners, along with 92 other prisoners. These women revealed that women political prisoners in Nicaraguan prisons, including El Esperanza, are subject to high levels of sexual and physical violence, gender-based discrimination, ...read more
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Iranian human rights defender, Narges Mohammadi, has written an open letter about solitary confinement which she calls "white torture." Narges is unjustly serving 16 years in prison for her work against the death penalty, the use of solitary confinement, and other human rights abuses. She is the ...read more
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