Nobel Women’s Initiative is pleased to announce the release of our 2016 Annual Report! 2016 was a big year as we celebrated the organization's 10th anniversary, released a book and more—and we're so excited to share it with you! A few highlights from 2016: In February, Nobel Peace laureates … [Read more...]
United Nations: Abolish nuclear weapons!
Call on the United Nations to ban nuclear weapons in war! Nuclear weapons pose an ongoing threat to international peace and security. They are the only weapons of mass destruction that the United Nations has not yet legally prohibited. They are cited by the International Campaign Against Nuclear … [Read more...]
Canadian Government Announces $150 Million for Women’s Rights
The MATCH International Women’s Fund and Nobel Women’s Initiative called on the Canadian government to fund grassroots women’s organizations—and today, they announced $150 million in funding over five years to support grassroots women's organizations. We extend our thanks to Prime Minister Justin … [Read more...]
Laureate Mairead Maguire Renews Call for End to Siege of Gaza
Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire continues to urge peace and an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands in recent speech at the Women’s Boat to Gaza Conference at the Swedish Parliament. “We demand those in power break their silence. So we have to raise our voices. We have to go on … [Read more...]
openDemocracy Feature: What would a world without barriers to feminist solidarity look like?
Exclusive conference coverage from openDemocracy 50.50: Jennifer Allsopp reports from the first day of of the 2017 Nobel Women's Initiative conference. . "“We want all the barriers down,” declared Nobel peace prize winner Mairead Maguire yesterday, opening the 10th anniversary of the Nobel … [Read more...]
openDemocracy Feature: Jody Williams—Women Fight Back
Exclusive conference coverage from openDemocracy 50.50: Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams writes about Women Fight Back: from survive to thrive ahead of our Evolve the Mvmt conference. The rising backlash against women’s rights, as well as that against activists of all stripes, was infused with … [Read more...]
Canada, it’s time to be bold: Leymah Gbowee meets Canadian PM
“There are 10 000 Malalas and 10 000 Leymahs in every community. Go find them and support them.” With those words, Nobel Peace laureate Leymah Gbowee and Iraqi feminist activist Yanar Mohammed kicked off a two-day visit to Ottawa to raise political will in Canada to fund grassroots women’s … [Read more...]
Women in Laos leaders in bomb clearance
On March 21, 2017, a ten year old girl in Laos brought home a bomblet she picked up while walking to school. When it exploded, it killed one and injured an additional 12. Luckily, this type of incident is becoming less frequent in Laos thanks in large part to women and women’s … [Read more...]
Meet Solani Zapata, Part II
Editor's note: Our interview with Ms. Zapata has been divided into two parts. The first focuses on the work she does to abolish FGM and can be found here. The second looks more broadly at her role as a leader for women in her community. Solani Zapata acts on the Risaralda Indigenous Regional … [Read more...]
Meet Solani Zapata, Part I
Editor's note: Our interview of Solani Zapata has been divided into two parts. The first focuses on the work she does to abolish FGM. The second looks more broadly at her role as a leader for women in her community and can be found here. The Emberá are an indigenous group in Colombia and Panama … [Read more...]