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Enough deliberations — time to ban killer robots: Jody Williams

Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams spoke at the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) meeting at the United Nations in Geneva last week to highlight the growing dangers of fully autonomous weapons and support the call for a global ban. "Simply continuing with a mandate of more deliberation … [Read more...]

Nobel Peace Laureates call for an immediate investigation of Saudi-led coalition attacks on Yemen

Ottawa—20 August 2018 The Nobel Peace Laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative call for an immediate ceasefire to stop armed hostilities in Yemen, and for the creation of an international investigative committee into the August 9 Saudi and Emirates-led coalition air attacks on Yemeni civilians. … [Read more...]

Statement regarding call for release of Dr. Shahidul Alam and Students in Bangladesh

Two weeks ago in Bangladesh, high school students came out in the streets to register their spontaneous protest about the death of two school-going students caused by speeding buses. They demanded their right to road safety, rule of law and justice. Credible reports in the global print and … [Read more...]

Global Affairs Canada pledges $7 million to support Pan-African Women’s Voice and Leadership initiatives

The African Women’s Development Fund is the second women’s fund selected as an implementing agency for Canada’s Women’s Voice and Leadership initiative. (OTTAWA, August 14, 2018). Nobel Women’s Initiative (NWI) and The MATCH International Women’s Fund (The MATCH Fund) welcome … [Read more...]

JOINT STATEMENT ON CANADA’S SUPPORT FOR WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN SAUDI ARABIA

Ottawa—August 9, 2018 The undersigned organizations express our support to Canada for its recent position on the detention of women human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia. We join Canada in urging Saudi Arabia to release women’s rights activists Samar Badawi and Nassima al-Sada, and commend … [Read more...]

Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Ask Governor Brown to Take “Moral Responsibility,” Pursue Bold Action to Phase Out Fossil Fuels

In letter from Women Nobel Laureates, Governor Brown urged “begin managed and just transition off of oil and gas production” SACRAMENTO – Declaring that California has “a moral responsibility to act” and “climate leaders can no longer explore for and exploit new fossil fuels,” a group of Nobel … [Read more...]

[WATCH] Standing with Rohingya Women: Spotlighting Survivors for World Refugee Day

For World Refugee Day last week, we spotlighted the plight of the Rohingya people with the ONLINE PREMIERE of our Standing with Rohingya Women short film. This five minute film follows our February delegation to Bangladesh with Nobel peace laureates Tawakkol Karman, Shirin Ebadi, and Mairead … [Read more...]

Statement on June 12 Singapore Summit

Women Cross DMZ and the Nobel Women’s Initiative congratulate US President Donald Trump and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un for their historic June 12, 2018 Summit in Singapore. They committed to establish new relations and build a lasting peace and they set forth a process to denuclearize the … [Read more...]

Women, Land and Peace: Celebrating Women Land Defenders for World Environment Day!

This World Environment Day, we celebrate the work of women land defenders with the ONLINE PREMIERE of our Women, Land and Peace short films - in partnership with JASS (Just Associates) and the Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation! These five minute films follow our delegation to Honduras and Guatemala … [Read more...]

Off-Again/On-Again Trump-Kim Summit Cannot Derail Peace – Over 1,000 women cross the DMZ: News Release

Despite the ongoing uncertainty of the Trump-Kim Summit in Singapore, the drive for peace by the people of both North Korea and South Korea is unstoppable. The peace train has left the station, according to women peace and security experts who were in Seoul last week. Led by Nobel peace laureate … [Read more...]