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W7: Feminist Visions for the G7

For the first time ever, the G7 engagement process includes a summit of diverse feminist leaders - the W7: Feminist Visions for the G7. The W7 will bring together feminists who are trailblazers in their communities, ensuring that marginalized voices can engage equally in decision and policy-making … [Read more...]

Human Rights Council Must Stop Rohingya Genocide

Nobel Women’s Initiative Preliminary Findings on Myanmar UN Human Rights Council Thirty-Seventh session March 2018 The Nobel Women’s Initiative conducted a fact-finding delegation to Bangladesh between February 24 and March 2, to investigate the situation of the Rohingya refugees in … [Read more...]

Shifting the Power: Join us in New York!

Join us for Shifting the Power—A Global Conversation on Funding for a Feminist Future for meaningful conversation about recent trends and challenges in funding for women’s organizations and women’s movements, both domestically and globally. We will assess the current and emerging gaps in funding, … [Read more...]

Silence is Complicity: Dispatch from Bangladesh

On the final two days of the Standing with Rohingya Women delegation, Shirin Ebadi, Tawakkol Karman, and Mairead Maguire brought the stories of the women they met to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, diplomats, the media, and members of civil society in Dhaka. The women called on each group to take … [Read more...]

Stop the Genocide: Dispatch from Bangladesh

"We accuse the government of Myanmar of the crime of genocide." Mairead Maguire The Nobel laureates met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today. They held a press conference where they again called for an end to thegenocide and persecution of other ethnic minorities in Burma, and for … [Read more...]

Nobel Women Peace Laureates Call for an End to Rohingya Genocide: MEDIA RELEASE

Dhaka – February 28, 2018 As three Nobel peace laureates—Tawakkol Karman of Yemen, Shirin Ebadi of Iran, and Mairead Maguire of Northern Ireland – conclude their visit to Bangladesh on the six-month anniversary of the current Rohingya crisis, the three women are calling for an immediate end to … [Read more...]

You are not alone: Dispatch from Bangladesh

"You are not alone in the world. We are with you. We will hold the people who did this to you accountable." Tawakkol Karman. The Nobel laureates visited No Man's Land at the Bangladesh-Burma border today. They are calling for sister Nobel peace laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, to stop the … [Read more...]

We are not afraid: Dispatch from Bangladesh 

February 24th—February 26 "We are not afraid of anything. We want our stories to be told." Our Standing with Rohingya Women delegation is well underway— the Nobel laureates are on the ground and with our partner, Bangladeshi women's activist organization, Naripokkho, have visited … [Read more...]

Standing with Rohingya Women: Three peace laureates in Bangladesh

On the sixth-month anniversary of the latest cycle of military violence in Burma (Myanmar), Nobel Peace Laureates Shirin Ebadi (Iran), Tawakkol Karman (Yemen), and Mairead Maguire (Northern Ireland), are traveling to Bangladesh to assess first-hand the situation of the Rohingya refugees and the … [Read more...]

Three Nobel peace laureates to visit Rohingya women in Bangladesh: Media Advisory

Standing with Rohingya Women: Nobel Women 2018 Delegation Bangladesh, February 24 – March 2 The Nobel Women’s Initiative, in partnership with local Bangladeshi women’s organization, Naripokkho, is organizing a delegation to Bangladesh to witness and highlight the situation of the Rohingya … [Read more...]

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