The Nobel Women's Initiative was established in 2006 by sister Nobel Peace Laureates Jody Williams, Shirin Ebadi, Wangari Maathai, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan Maguire. We six women - representing North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa - have decided to bring together our extraordinary experiences in a united effort for peace with justice and equality. Read more about us here .
Nobel Laureates Jody Williams and Wangari Maathai—along with actress-activist Mia Farrow—are in New York at the United Nations, pressing for more concerted international action to end the bloodshed and violence in Sudan, Darfur and Burma.
They released a report that details findings from their recent visit to both regions. The report includes strong recommendations aimed at the international community on creating sustainable peace in both regions.
To learn more, check out the media release or download the report below.
On the one-year anniversary of nationwide nonviolent protests dubbed the Saffron Revolution in Burma, the women Laureates of the Nobel Women's Initiative honor the courage and determination of the men and women of Burma. We call for the immediate release of all Burma's political prisoners, including sister laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and Nilar Thein—a woman rights defender and leading pro-democracy activist arrested just last week. Indeed half of Burma's 2000 political prisoners were arrested in the wake of this uprising.
We urge that the call of the people of Burma - for democracy- finally be heeded by the junta.
In honor of the one-year anniversary of the remarkable Saffron Revolution, we are releasing a video in support of the people of Burma. Check it out below or here.
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