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Women for Yemen Network: Joint Statement in Advance of the Yemeni Peace Talks in Sweden

After four years of devastating war, the people of Yemen demand peace. It is women who are the most-affected by the war and their voices need to be heard in the peace negotiations. We, as the Women for Yemen Network, call for women to be represented in peace talks, starting with the upcoming meeting … [Read more...]

Meet Nasrin Sotoudeh, Iran

“I was released, but I was not freed.” Iran may be one of the world’s most dangerous places to be an activist, and no one knows that better than Nasrin Sotoudeh. The country’s most prominent human rights defender has spent her life speaking truth to power, at enormous personal … [Read more...]

Meet Priscilla Achakpa, Nigeria

“When I hear the voices of local women, grass roots women, women who are daily affected with the challenges of climate change and the challenges of how to take care of their families - they inspire me.” Prominent Nigerian environmental activist Priscilla Achakpa became a wife … [Read more...]

Meet Mariam Jalabi, Syria

"The struggle against patriarchal Syrian structure is also international – the struggle of all women in a world that gives very little attention to the voices of women and girls. Our struggle is not going to stop." Mariam Jalabi was born into nonviolent resistance to the … [Read more...]

Meet Razia Sultana, Rohingya

“The work was painful to me, but someone had to do it. As a member of my community, it was my duty.” Since 2014, Rohingya lawyer and educator Razia Sultana has spoken out for the rights of her people, and worked with some of the 725,000 Rohingya refugees now in Cox’s Bazar, … [Read more...]

Meet 16 exciting women activists inspiring bold change around the world!

16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence starts Sunday! Over the next two weeks we will be profiling extraordinary women activists working globally for bold action! You won't want to miss these amazing stories! Subscribe now to have them delivered directly to your inbox from November 25th to … [Read more...]

Sister-to-Sister 2018 begins in Ottawa!

This week Enas AbdAljawwad (Palestine), Carrington Christmas (Mi'kma'ki), Ivette Estefania Galván García (Mexico), Pamela Okoroigwe (Nigeria), Kinda Omarain (Syria), and Thinzar Shunlei Yi (Myanmar) will begin a six-week advocacy and communications training program for young women … [Read more...]

Yazidi Activist Nadia Murad and Gynaecologist Dr. Denis Mukwege Receive 2018 Nobel Peace Prize

Yazidi-Iraqi activist Nadia Murad and Congolese gynaecologist Dr. Denis Mukwege have received this year's Nobel Peace Prize for their incredible work against sexual violence in conflict to end the use of rape as a weapon of war. Both are strong campaigners who have highlighted the stories of … [Read more...]

Nobel Peace Laureates call on Honduras to ensure a fair trial in the murder of land defender Berta Cáceres

Ottawa — 19 September 2018 The Nobel Peace Laureates of the Nobel Women's Initiative call on the Honduran government to ensure that there is a fair and just trial for those individuals being charged with the murder of Berta Cáceres, land and human rights defender assassinated in her home on March … [Read more...]

A call to recognize, protect and support women human rights defenders and women’s movements

Civil society statement on the occasion of the Women Foreign Ministers Meeting 21-22 September 2018, Montreal, Quebec, Canada We, the undersigned organizations, call on Women Foreign Ministers gathered in Montreal, on the eve of the High-Level General Debate of the 73rd Session of … [Read more...]