Catch up on the 2012 Sister-to-Sister Mentorship Program! Meet Aghssan Barghouthi (Palestine), Walaa Abdelrhman (Sudan) and Maria Luisa Aguilar (Mexico) and follow along with their experience in Ottawa, Canada.
In September 2012, the Nobel Women’s Initiative traveled to New York City to support events related to the International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict. Our Sister-to-Sister Mentorship Program participants joined the team.
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In September 2012, the Nobel Women’s Initiative traveled to New York City to support events related to the International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict. Our Sister-to-Sister Mentorship Program participants joined the team.
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In September 2012, the Nobel Women's Initiative traveled to New York City to support events related to the International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict. Our Sister-to-Sister Mentorship Program participants joined the team.
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Our 2012 Sister-to-Sister Mentorship Participants are embarking on a three-city Canadian speaking tour. The Nobel Women's Initiative has teamed up with MATCH International for "Young Women's Rights Activists: Conversations in Canada."
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“I was waiting for my father who promised to bring me Mango when he get home. I waited for him for three months… and then I knew that he was detained for political reasons. They arrested him in the classroom at the school where he was a teacher. “
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“I am not a heroine, I am doing my best I can to be the voice of those real heroes and heroines struggling in my country.”
My name is Aghssan Barghouthi, a 26 year old woman who was born and raised in Occupied Palestine. I studied journalism and political science in Birziet University.
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My name is Maria Luisa Aguilar Rodriguez, a passionate human rights defender from Mexico. My educational background is in international relations and human rights. After studying and working for a year on a conflict prevention project in the United Kingdom, I moved to the southwest of Mexico, ...read more
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We are thrilled to announce the launch of a new program this week! Three young women's rights activists from Mexico, Palestine, and Sudan have been nominated to participate in the six-month Sister-to-Sister Mentorship Program. The women, between the ages of 20-30, have been tireless activists for ...read more
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