Eight Nobel peace laureates are calling on Aung San Suu Kyi to publicly acknowledge crimes — including genocide — committed against the Rohingya in Myanmar. On December 10th, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN's highest court, will be starting public hearings and Aung San Suu Kyi is ...read more
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We JUST dropped the third episode! This week on When Feminists Rule the World, host Martha Chaves is getting real with poet, playwright and activist, Shailja Patel, and Mi'kmaq lawyer, professor, and activist, Pamela Palmater. They're talking colonialism, violence, patriarchy, and how they all ...read more
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Prominent Somali-Canadian peace activist Almas Elman was killed in Mogadishu on November 20th. According to a statement from the African Union, Almas was shot while travelling in a car on a high-security base near the international airport where many diplomats and humanitarian workers have offices. ...read more
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Just in time for American Thanksgiving we're dropping the second episode of When Feminists Rule the World, the new podcast from the Nobel Women's Initiative and producing partner MediaStyle. World-class comedian Martha Chaves is talking to badass women changemakers about the future they are ...read more
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As Nobel Peace laureates, we are deeply concerned by the recent brutal crackdown against protests in Iran, resulting in thousands of arrests and over 100 deaths in Iran. We condemn the curtailment of freedom of expression and the repression of protests through arbitrary arrest and killings. We ...read more
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It’s finally time for the premiere of “When Feminists Rule the World", the new podcast from the Nobel Women's Initiative and producing partner MediaStyle. World-class comedian Martha Chaves is talking to badass women changemakers about the future they are creating. It shouldn’t be groundbreaking. ...read more
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The Defenders of Human Rights Centre in Iran, founded by Nobel Peace Laureate, Shirin Ebadi, are strongly urging the Iranian government to uphold human rights and end its violent response to protests in the country. Iranians have taken to the streets in recent days to protest a sudden and sharp ...read more
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The climate crisis, rape culture, the wall—we think the patriarchy has done enough. Introducing “When Feminists Rule the World”, a new podcast series from the Nobel Women’s Initiative and producing partner MediaStyle. Hosted by Nicaraguan-born comedian, Martha Chaves, we’re talking ...read more
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September 19, 2019
There is a perception that with age comes wisdom, and yet, when it comes to confronting the greatest crisis facing humanity today, it is the young people who are bringing the moral clarity and sense of urgency that is so desperately needed.
We have known about the climate ...read more
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August 25 marked the two-year anniversary of a brutal crackdown perpetrated by Burmese armed forces against the Rohingya people, forcing more than 740,000 people to flee the country. Last week United Nations investigators declared that the scale of sexual violence against the Rohingya ...read more
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