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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This blog is an edited version of a speech by Bushra Nasr Kretschmer, head of the Economic Portfolio for the Women4Yemen Network, delivered at the Yemen Peace Conference in New York in March 2019.
There is a tragic and overwhelming humanitarian crisis taking place in Yemen. We have all seen the ...read more
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We, the undersigned laureates of the Nobel Prize, express our grave concern over the recent developments occurring in Guatemala.
Guatemala’s International Commission against Impunity (CICIG) has been recognized both nationally and internationally for its invaluable contribution to the struggle ...read more
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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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