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Sister to Sister 2018

Carrington: The power of language

Each person is a unique gift. Many Indigenous Nations prior to contact were oral people, walking libraries who carried songs, stories, teachings and medicines, passing them on to the next generation to ensure the survival of our world-views, ceremonies, and languages. One of the first steps of  ...read more

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Shunlei: Activism has no age

A woman who convinced more than 35,000 people to take to the streets, petitioning for peace between factions, made a huge difference in this world. At a time when women were only regarded as peacekeepers in the home, she brought peace from the streets to the nation. The story of a Nobel peace  ...read more

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Pamela: An exciting opportunity to meet and work with other women defenders

A few months ago, I got the news from Nobel Women's Initiative that I had been selected to participate in the Sister-to-Sister Mentorship Program. I was so ecstatic. My joy knew no bounds. I was like a little child who had just been handed her favourite candy. I knew this was going to be a life  ...read more

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Enas: The work of a Palestinian women human rights defender

My name is Enas AbdAl-jwad. I am a Palestinian women's rights defender working at the Advocacy Desk for the Palestinian Working Women Society for Development  (PWWSD). I have a particular interest in working with the Women, Peace and Security agenda through various international instruments and  ...read more

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Ivette: An experience to share the heart of our feminist struggle

“It is time to stand up, sisters, and do some of the most unthinkable things. We have the power to turn our upsidedown world right.” – Leymah Gbowee First Act: What brought me here? On the afternoon of October 19, I took the plane that would take me from Mexico City to Canada. Sitting in the  ...read more

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Meet Carrington Christmas, Canada

“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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Sister-to-Sister 2018 begins in Ottawa!

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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