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NOBEL WOMEN'S INITIATIVE
(L
to R: Nobel Laureates Jody Williams, Betty Williams, Shirin Ebadi, Mairead
Corrigan Maguire & Wangari Maathai. Photo: Judy Rand)
The Nobel Women's Initiative was established in 2006 by sister Nobel Peace Laureates Jody Williams, Shirin Ebadi, Wangari Maathai, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan Maguire. We six women -- representing North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa -- decided to bring together our extraordinary experiences in a united effort for peace with justice and equality.
Only 12 women in its more than 100 year history have been recognized with the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Peace Prize is a great honor, but it is also a great responsibility. It is this sense of responsibility that compelled us to create the Nobel Women’s Initiative to help strengthen work being done in support of women's rights around the world - work often carried out in the shadows with little recognition.
We believe peace is much more than the absence of armed conflict. Peace is the commitment to equality and justice; a democratic world free of physical, economic, cultural, political, religious, sexual and environmental violence and the constant threat of these forms of violence against women – indeed against all of humanity.
It
is the heartfelt mission of the Nobel Women’s
Initiative to
The
Vision of the Nobel Women's
Initiative is a
It is our commitment to action
that brings us together. Therefore, our meetings are linked with concrete work
in the target region leading up to the conference, along with post-conference
plans of action to address the issues addressed at the conference. In this way,
the Nobel Women’s Initiative supports meaningful work on the ground.
We believe profoundly in the sharing
of information and ideas. By networking and working together rather than in competition, we enhance the work of all. The Nobel
Women’s Initiative is committed to supplementing and enhancing existing work
and is determined to avoid duplicating the work of others. We want to open new
ground for discussion, debate and change.
We hope you share our excitement about the potential of the Nobel Women’s
Initiative to meaningfully contribute to building peace with justice and equality by
working together with women around the world.
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