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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Prominent Saudi women's rights activist, Loujain al-Hathloul, just marked her 30th birthday in jail after being unjustly imprisoned for over a year. After spending years advocating for a woman's right to drive in the country, she was arrested just as the driving ban was lifted. This week it ...read more
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This week we're shining a light on women leaders who are taking a stand against oppression and raising the voices of those left behind. With only three weeks to Labour Day, we could all use a little summer inspiration.
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As we approach the fifth anniversary of the Yazidi ...read more
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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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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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