Launched in 2006, the Nobel Women's Initiative (NWI) is a strategic vehicle of the women Nobel Peace Prize Laureates to leverage the visibility and prestige of the prize to promote, spotlight, and amplify the work of women's rights activists, researchers, and organizations worldwide addressing the root causes of violence.
In the past three years, the Nobel Laureates have been able to bring attention to urgent issues of Iran–US tensions, Israel–Palestine, the climate crisis, the protracted Burmese and Sudanese conflicts, among many others – using the print media, radio and Internet, and engaging with world leaders and activists in public fora. With the power of the Nobel Prize, these women are able to amplify and communicate new approaches to women’s rights, peace and security, in ways that strengthen and expand the global movement to advance nonviolence, justice and equality.
openDemocracy is covering the Initiative's 2009 conference: Women Redefining Democracy for Peace, Justice and Equality, May 10 - 12, Antigua, Guatemala. This follows on from coverage of the 2007 conference.
We are grateful to the Barrow Cadbury Trust and Tides Foundation for their financial support making this coverage possible.
