Nobel Women's Initiative

Delegation to Ukraine/Poland - Updates

Between 20-24 June, Tawakkol Karman, Leymah Gbowee and Jody Williams led a delegation to Poland and the Ukraine to visit refugee centres and international humanitarian agencies, listen to local activists and officials, and discover, first-hand, the experiences of those directly affected by the on-going conflict.

To follow their journey and it's aftermath, visit the delegation page.

Women of Ukraine demand peace. Peace with justice. Peace with freedom.

Three Nobel peace laureates—Tawakkol Karman of Yemen, Leymah Gbowee of Liberia, and Jody Williams of the United States—concluded their visit to Ukraine and Poland calling for the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, accountability for Russian war crimes, including against women, and for meaningful participation of women and women's organizations in the humanitarian response, reconstruction and building peace.

Remembering our Sister Aisy

Nobel Women is mourning the passing of Nur Aisyah Maullidah (Aisy) of Indonesia.

Aisy was 22, a spirited and cherished member of Nobel Women's Sister-to-Sister Mentorship program held in the Fall of 2021 along with 14 other young feminist leaders and activists from around the globe.

Like all of them, hers was a life full of promise just beginning to be fulfilled.

We join with her family, her friends, our partner the Coady Institute, the Sisters, and the international WPS community, in our shared grief for this immeasurable loss.

Nobel Women welcomes a new Executive Director and a new Board

Maria Butler has been appointed to the role of Executive Director. In collaboration with the Laureates, the Board and staff, she will steward Nobel Women's Initiative through the next stage of its transformation and development.

Nobel Women has also established an inspiring and diverse Board of Directors: Aruna Rao (Chair); Ertha Doiscar (Treasurer); Anne Marie Goetz (Member); Dildar Kaya (Member) and Julienne Lusenge (Member) ...

Unfinished Revolution

On International Women's Day this year, March 8th, Nobel Women's Initiative released its latest report Unfinished Revolution: Women's Human Rights Defenders in the Middle East and North Africa. Through the experiences and insights of 15 prominent activists from the region, it examines how the circumstances and status of women activists in general have changed since the Arab Spring in 2011. The report documents the tactics used to silence them, the strategies they use to resist and endure, and what they need to sustain their struggle. Download the report (versions in English and Arabic) and watch the video interviews.

Our vision is a world transformed through a rejection of war and militarism, violence, and discrimination, where global security is built around human rights, justice and equality for people and communities—human security—rather than the security of the nation state. It is a world where sustainable peace and protection of the environment on which all life depends is our collective priority.

We are united to increase the visibility of women working for peace, justice and equality.