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Nobel Peace Laureates call for end of harassment of land defender Maria Choc

Ottawa— 22 January 2018 The Nobel Peace Laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative call on the Guatemalan authorities to cease the harassment of Q'eqchi' community leader and land defender Maria Choc. Maria Choc was arrested without a warrant on January 17, 2018 in Puerto Barrios while providing … [Read more...]

Nobel Peace Laureates call immediate release of land defender Maria Choc

Ottawa— 18 January 2018 The Nobel Peace Laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative call on the Guatemalan authorities to immediately release Q'eqchi' community leader and land defender Maria Choc. She was arrested without a warrant in Puerto Barrios while providing translation in a hearing for a … [Read more...]

Foreign Ministers choose to obstruct path to peace on Korean Peninsula

For Immediate Release: Final statement The Vancouver Summit on Korea missed a critical opportunity for peace. Instead of supporting the reduction of tensions in the Korean peninsula that began with the inter-Korean dialogue and the Olympics truce, the Foreign Ministers chose to further isolate … [Read more...]

Statement of the Vancouver Women’s Forum on Peace and Security on the Korean Peninsula

VANCOUVER -- As sixteen delegates representing peace movements from all over the world, we have traveled from Asia, Pacific, Europe, and North America to convene the Vancouver Women’s Forum on Peace and Security on the Korean Peninsula, an event held in solidarity with Canada’s Feminist Foreign … [Read more...]

Urge Foreign Ministers to Include Women in Peace Talks!

Urge Foreign Ministers to prepare the table for peace on the Korean Peninsula and include feminist women’s movements in peace talks! Foreign Ministers from around the world will be meeting in Vancouver, Canada on January 16th to discuss security and stability in the Korean Peninsula. Nobel … [Read more...]

Four Nobel peace laureates urge Iran to respect the rights of protesters

Ottawa - January 11, 2018 Nobel Peace Laureates Shirin Ebadi, Jody Williams, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman, urge the Islamic Republic of Iran to conduct credible independent investigations into the use of violence, especially lethal violence, and mass arrests in reaction to protests held in … [Read more...]

Women must be at the peace table to resolve the Korean conflict: JOIN US

Foreign Ministers from around the world will be meeting in Vancouver, Canada on January 16th to discuss security and stability in the Korean Peninsula. Nobel Women’s Initiative will be traveling with a delegation of 16 women experts representing feminist peace movements from across the globe, to be … [Read more...]

Meet Felicity Ruby, Australia

“I truly believe that humanity can drag itself from the pit of war, racism and discrimination. Violence is not inevitable; it is a learned behaviour, from which we can and will – and must – evolve.” Nuclear disarmament activist. Australian activist Felicity Ruby was the … [Read more...]

Meet Rasha Jarhum, Yemen

“When women are involved in peace processes, we focus on responsibility-sharing rather than power-sharing.” Human rights activist. Rasha Jarhum is a Yemeni activist currently based in Geneva. She is a founder of the Peace Track Initiative, established to create a space for the … [Read more...]

Meet Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres, Honduras

“If I could tell my mother anything now, it would be ‘don’t worry: your fight lives on in me, in my brothers and sisters, and in our community.’” Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres, general coordinator of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras [COPINH]. … [Read more...]