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[MEDIA RELEASE] Women of Ukraine demand Peace with Justice & Freedom: Nobel laureates in Poland-Ukraine

Women of Ukraine demand Peace. Peace with Justice. Peace with Freedom. Nobel peace laureates’ delegation to Poland and Ukraine, June 20-24 Nobel peace laureates call for the end to invasion and accountability. Nobel peace laureates call for full protection of … [Read more...]

Day Three: Lviv, Ukraine

On June 22, day three of the delegation, the three laureates, partners, and delegates crossed the border into Ukraine and travelled to Lviv. There they met with women's organizations, activists, displaced women, officials. They met with conductors at the Lviv train station who escorted refugees out … [Read more...]

Day Two: Krakow

Day two of #WomenLeadPeace and Tawakkol Karman, Leymah Gbowee, and Jody Williams met with women at the Ukrainian Assistance Centre, run by the City Social Welfare Centre in Krakow. “I didn't want to leave my country, but I wanted to save my son.” Since the start of the war, the Social … [Read more...]

Nobel peace laureates in Poland and Ukraine, June 20-24

Three women Nobel peace laureates will travel to Poland and Ukraine to bear witness to the experiences of women displaced from and within Ukraine and to recognize the lifesaving work of women, communities, and women’s organizations and movements. Tawakkol Karman (Yemen), Leymah Gbowee (Liberia) and … [Read more...]

New Leadership at the Nobel Women’s Initiative

Feminist leadership is collective and collaborative. It practices power-sharing and mutual accountability. Feminist leadership transforms. At Nobel Women’s Initiative we are excited to put our collective, accountable, and shared leadership into action. In 2021, we spoke with partners, … [Read more...]

Shirin Ebadi urges UN pressure for human rights visit to Iran

Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi has sent an open letter to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet calling for the postponement of the visit of UN officials to Iran until Iran agrees to allow Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran, Javaid Rehman, to … [Read more...]

Unfinished Revolution: Women Human Rights Defenders in the Middle East and North Africa | New Report

Over a decade ago, women activists took to the streets in great numbers in several Middle East and North African countries to lead and join in the call for wide-ranging social and political reforms. It was a hopeful time and the promise of a better day shimmered on the horizon. There was … [Read more...]

Putin’s Ongoing Invasion of Ukraine and Nuclear Threats Must End, Urgent Need for De-escalation of Nuclear Tensions and Negotiations: Nobel Laureates

President Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine turned the world on its head. He then upped the ante, moving Russia’s nuclear arsenal to a “special mode of combat duty” and putting the world on the precipice of a nuclear crisis. Subsequently Russian ally Belarus changed its constitution to … [Read more...]