After years of protesting Iran’s human rights violations of political prisoners, Mansoureh Behkish is soon to become a political prisoner herself. Behkish has been summoned by the Iranian authorities to report to the Evin prison in Iran on 29 January 2013 to start a six-month sentence for her ...read more
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International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict travels to AU Summit
The International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict is traveling to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from January 21st - 28th. The Campaign, chaired by Nobel Laureates Jody Williams, Leymah Gbowee, Mairead Maguire, and Shirin Ebadi, will take their messages about stopping rape and gender ...read more
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Suu Kyi calls for an end to fighting in Kachin region
UPDATE: On Friday the Burma army announced it would cease attacks on Kachin rebels, but the ceasefire did not hold and fighting resumed almost immediately.
A humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Kachin State, northern Burma. Over the past weeks, the ruling Burma army has escalated its ...read more
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Shirin Ebadi reports on human rights, Nov – Dec 2012
Nobel Laureate and lawyer Shirin Ebadi released her November/December 2012 review of human rights in Iran. In this segment Ebadi focuses in particular on the welfare of children.
Ebadi highlights a recent case in which 31 girls were wounded in a fire at a West Azerbayjan Province school; two of ...read more
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Haneen Zoabi can stand for re-election in 2013
Haneen Zoabi is an Arab member of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament). In late December 2012, the Israeli Supreme Court overruled a Central Elections Commission decision and ruled that Zoabi can stand for re-election in 2013.
Zoabi is a vocal supporter of the Palestinian cause. She was the first ...read more
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Nobel Women support Idle No More movement
The Nobel Women’s Initiative released a statement today in support of Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence and the Idle No More movement in Canada, and globally.
The Idle No More is an aboriginal rights movement in Canada, and has been building momentum since November 2012. The movement was ...read more
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Protect renowned Congolese doctor: Nobel Women to DRC government
The Nobel Women’s Initiative released a statement today calling on the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to protect Dr. Denis Muwkege upon his return to his home in Eastern Congo. Dr. Mukwege is a world-renowned surgeon and director of the Panzi Hospital in Eastern Congo’s South ...read more
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Charges filed in India gang rape case
Five men have been charged with rape, kidnap and murder in the gang rape of a woman in Delhi, India on December 16, 2012. The woman died of her injuries in a hospital in Singapore two weeks after the attack. This case has drawn new attention to the issue of rape and gender violence in India. It has ...read more
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WATCH the Women’s Day of Action Panel Discussion
Following the conference, we held a Women's Day of Action to End Sexual Violence in Conflict in Ottawa to engage the public as we move forward in bringing an end to sexual violence in conflict.
The day included a panel to examine the use of sexual violence in armed conflict and strategies for ...read more
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