International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 21, 2019 - Parliament Hill, Ottawa
In March 2018, Nobel Women’s Initiative conducted a fact-finding delegation in partnership with Bangladeshi organizations, and met with over 100 Rohingya women in two refugee camps, in ...read more
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On Monday Iranian human rights defender and lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was sentenced to 33 years in prison and 148 lashes after being unjustly detained for nearly eight months. She is being punished simply for doing her job, which includes standing up for the rights of women and children in the ...read more
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Hanoi, Vietnam — A global delegation of women peacemakers in Hanoi expressed disappointment in the outcome of the second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un, but emphasized the importance of continuing to support efforts between the two countries to end ...read more
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A Letter Jointly Addressed to
Donald Trump, President of the United States of America
and Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
February 20, 2019
Dear Mr. President and Mr. Chairman:
We are women leaders ...read more
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Ottawa—10 February 2019
Yesterday, we heard —through the media— of the allegations of sexual assault made against former President and 1987 Nobel Peace Laureate, Oscar Arias. We have also learnt that a criminal complaint was filed against him in Costa Rica.
The #MeToo era is revealing how ...read more
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By Kawkab al-Thaibani
The world witnessed a first step towards peace in Yemen after a week-long consultation in Sweden in December, 2018. That meeting saw delegations from both the Government of Yemen and Asnar Allah (the Houthi) present at the negotiating table for the first ...read more
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December 4 - 6, 2018
2018 has been a year of historic change on the Korean Peninsula where the threat of nuclear war has been eclipsed by the prospect of finally ending the 70-year Korean War with a peace process and a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.
In 2018, Korean leaders, Kim Jong Un, ...read more
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Following the Paris Peace Forum, 12 countries have begun a political process to provide democratic guarantees for news, information and freedom of opinion based on a new Declaration on Information and Democracy issued by the Commission on Information and Democracy — an initiative of Reporters ...read more
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After four years of devastating war, the people of Yemen demand peace. It is women who are the most-affected by the war and their voices need to be heard in the peace negotiations. We, as the Women for Yemen Network, call for women to be represented in peace talks, starting with the upcoming meeting ...read more
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Yazidi-Iraqi activist Nadia Murad and Congolese gynaecologist Dr. Denis Mukwege have received this year's Nobel Peace Prize for their incredible work against sexual violence in conflict to end the use of rape as a weapon of war. Both are strong campaigners who have highlighted the stories of ...read more
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