The Nobel Women's Initiative Sister-to-Sister Mentorship Program brings three grassroots young women activists from around the world to Ottawa, Canada for 6-weeks of hands-on communications and advocacy training. These young women are at the forefront of movements to promote peace, justice and equality in their communities. Since 2012 the Sister-to-Sister Mentorship program has supported young women activists from Sudan, South Sudan, Liberia, Burma, Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala.
“We have to stop putting youth alone into forums with other youth who already know what the issues are and agree with one another. We have to put youth into spaces with people who disagree with them, even if it’s not a topic that’s related to young people, because all topics are related to young ...read more
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This week Enas AbdAljawwad (Palestine), Carrington Christmas (Mi'kma'ki), Ivette Estefania Galván García (Mexico), Pamela Okoroigwe (Nigeria), Kinda Omarain (Syria), and Thinzar Shunlei Yi (Myanmar) will begin a six-week advocacy and communications training program for young women ...read more
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Join us to welcome four stellar young women’s rights activists to Ottawa for the 2017 Sister-to-Sister Mentorship Program! Alia Soliman (Egypt), Atong Amos Agook (South Sudan), and Yah Parwon (Liberia) will arrive in Ottawa on October 29 to kick off Sister-to-Sister 2017—a six-week advocacy and ...read more
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When I think about what comes ahead in Colombia, it would be easy to assume the “official” language and respond “I know we have to build a new society including a new life for women and girls, I know that Colombia is a post-conflict country.”
But I am not a very official person and I think ...read more
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“We are not a different story, we are part of the same line, written with other colours, with other calligraphies."
Liza Garcia Reyes was born just south of Colombia’s capital city of Bogotá. She became part of Colombia's LGBT movement when she experienced her sexual orientation as a factor of ...read more
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Editor’s note: This is Part 3 of a blog series by Muzna on the role of Syrian women in peace activism. Part 1 outlines women’s role in peacebuilding and politics over the last five decades. Part 2 highlights how Syrian women are currently working for peace. Part 1 can be found here and Part 2 can ...read more
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Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a blog series by Muzna on the role of Syrian women in peace activism. Part 1 outlines women’s role in peacebuilding and politics over the last five decades. Part 2 highlights how Syrian women are currently working for peace, and Part 3 will profile Syrian women ...read more
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Editor's note: This is Part 1 of a blog series by Muzna on the role of Syrian women in peace activism. Part 1 outlines women's role in peacebuilding and politics over the last five decades. Part 2 will outline how Syrian women are currently working for peace, and Part 3 will profile Syrian women ...read more
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