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Emerging feminist leaders are claiming their space: follow us to Liberia!

April 30 - May 3 Emerging feminist leaders from more than twenty countries are coming together in Monrovia, Liberia for Claiming Our Space: Emerging Feminist Voices for Peace—a groundbreaking summit co-hosted by Nobel peace laureate, Leymah Gbowee, and the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa! … [Read more...]

Building Peace and a Peace-Driven Economy for Yemen

This blog is an edited version of a speech by Bushra Nasr Kretschmer, head of the Economic Portfolio for the Women4Yemen Network, delivered at the Yemen Peace Conference in New York in March 2019. There is a tragic and overwhelming humanitarian crisis taking place in Yemen. We have all seen the … [Read more...]

Nobel Laureates call for respect for rule of law in Guatemala

We, the undersigned laureates of the Nobel Prize, express our grave concern over the recent developments occurring in Guatemala. Guatemala’s International Commission against Impunity (CICIG) has been recognized both nationally and internationally for its invaluable contribution to the struggle … [Read more...]

Over 40 Nobel Laureates say Guatemala faces a crisis in democracy & human rights

--For immediate release-- (Ottawa, April 4, 2019) A democratic crisis is deepening in Guatemala, with human rights and rule of law increasingly under assault. Forty-four Nobel laureates, alarmed by the growing and dangerous disregard for justice, issued an open statement urging Guatemalan … [Read more...]

Nobel Women’s Initiative Statement on the persecution of Rohingya women

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination March 21, 2019 - Parliament Hill, Ottawa In March 2018, Nobel Women’s Initiative conducted a fact-finding delegation in partnership with Bangladeshi organizations, and met with over 100 Rohingya women in two refugee camps, in … [Read more...]

Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Sentenced to 38 Years in Prison and 148 Lashes

On Monday Iranian human rights defender and lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was sentenced to 33 years in prison and 148 lashes after being unjustly detained for nearly eight months. She is being punished simply for doing her job, which includes standing up for the rights of women and children in the … [Read more...]

Over 250 prominent women leaders call on President Trump and Chairman Kim to end the Korean War

A Letter Jointly Addressed to Donald Trump, President of the United States of America and Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea February 20, 2019 Dear Mr. President and Mr. Chairman: We are women leaders … [Read more...]

Prominent Women Leaders Call for End to Korean War

MEDIA ADVISORY: Women Mobilizing to End the War: KOREA PEACE NOW Hanoi, Vietnam — A broad group of women leaders are calling on President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un to declare at their upcoming summit in Hanoi, Vietnam an end to the Korean War and establish an inclusive peace process … [Read more...]

Nobel Women’s Initiative launches InterviewHer, a global media database of women experts on conflict and security

Ottawa—February 13, 2019. The Nobel Women’s Initiative today launched InterviewHer, a global database that helps connect media to a wide range of women experts on conflict, peace and security from around the world. Research from the 2015 Global Media Monitoring Project – which analyses media … [Read more...]

Peace Talks Must Include Yemeni Women

By Kawkab al-Thaibani The world witnessed a first step towards peace in Yemen after a week-long consultation in Sweden in December, 2018. That meeting saw delegations from both the Government of Yemen and Asnar Allah (the Houthi) present at the negotiating table for the first time in … [Read more...]