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Opening Borders: #WomenRefugeesWelcome 2015
Meet Rada Borić, Croatia
Meet Rada Borić, a renowned international feminist, professor and peace activist, best known for creating positive change in the lives of women in her native Croatia and around the world. She is currently the Executive Director of Croatia’s Centre for Women’s Studies, where she also lectures on ...read more
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Meet ATINA, Serbia
The Association of Citizens to Combat Human Trafficking and all Forms of Gender-Based Violence (ATINA) is a Serbian women and children’s rights organization working to end gender-based discrimination and violence.
ATINA has been tackling the issue of human trafficking since 2004, providing ...read more
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In focus: Root Causes of the Syrian Refugee Crisis
The flood of Syrian refugees into neighbouring countries and Europe—with over 12.2 million Syrians currently in need of humanitarian assistance—stems from the Syrian civil war, which began in the spring of 2011. It all started when security forces, under the control of President Bashar al-Assad, ...read more
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Support Syrian women refugees!
Nobel Women's Initiative and The International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict are on the ground in The Balkans and Germany for the Opening Borders: #WomenRefugeesWelcome delegation to meet with Syrian women refugees fleeing war - and the countless organizations working ...read more
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In focus: Women and the refugee crisis
Women and children make up the majority of refugees and internally displaced persons in Syria. Syrian refugee women fleeing war face increased risks of sexual violence and harassment in both refugee camps and as they flee from Syria to neighbouring countries. Women who end up in refugee camps are ...read more
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In focus: Meet the delegates
The Opening Borders: #WomenRefugeesWelcome delegation is bringing Nobel peace laureates Jody Williams, Shirin Ebadi and Tawakkol Karman together with members of the International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict to visit women fleeing war in Syria. Meet some of the incredible ...read more
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Announcing #WomenRefugeesWelcome delegation!
We are pleased to invite you to join us online from November 16 - 20 as Nobel Women's Initiative and the International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict travel to the Balkans and Germany for Opening Borders: #WomenRefugeesWelcome.
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