April 7, 2026 Update
Iran is in an extremely dire situation. Trump has stated that if the strait is not reopened by Wednesday, he will order the bombing and shutdown of critical infrastructure and power plants.
April 4, 2026 Update
For more than a month, Iran has been trapped in a devastating war, a war that the Iranian people neither started nor asked for. Yesterday, Donald Trump, in a threatening tone, said that he would send Iran “back to the Stone Age.”
By Juno Hassan
“We stand on the shoulders of giants…we are in the presence of the giants that carried us.” - Wanjira Maathai
By Maria Butler
“We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations… to rise up and walk.” — Wangari Maathai
By Paola Pacheco
For invitation of Nobel Women's Initiative, on October 10, 2025, women human rights defenders from Mesoamerica took a flight from Mexico City to the center of multilateralism: Geneva. Hours earlier, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize would be awarded to María Corina Machado of Venezuela.
By Violeta Valdés Alcantara
We felt the reflection of not having had a single break this year because of security emergencies that we have had to face.
Statement by Shirin Ebadi
Tehran is facing an environmental emergency that lays bare the deep dysfunction of the Islamic Republic’s governance. In recent days and week, air pollution in the capital has reached alarming levels.
By Sara Mux, Guatemala
Humanity is experiencing an unprecedented crisis defined by conflict and war, pushing aside the values of peace and harmony among all beings and with the world around us.
By Olla Alsakkaf
When the acceptance email for the 2025 One Young World Summit arrived, the first emotion I felt was not excitement—it was frustration. I knew how difficult it is for people from inside Yemen to actually reach international spaces.
By Parwana Ibrahim Khail Nijrabi
More than 20 million women in Afghanistan have been stripped of their most basic human and civil rights under a regime that, in the name of Islam, has imposed some of the harshest restrictions on humanity.