20Jun 2018 by peacepeople

Standing with Rohingya Women: Spotlighting Survivors for World Refugee Day

#RohingyaWomen, Campaigns, Events
This World Refugee Day, we are spotlighting the plight of the Rohingya people with the online premiere of Standing with Rohingya Women short film. This five minute film follows the February delegation to Bangladesh with Nobel Peace laureates Tawakkol Karman, Shirin Ebadi, and Mairead Maguire, in partnership with Bangladeshi women's right organization Naripokkho. This the delegation visited the refugee camps in Cox's Bazar to investigate the situation of the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, particularly the violence against Rohingya women— including high levels of sexual violence. Online Premiere - Standing With Rohingya Women
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19Jun 2018 by peacepeople
FREE JULIAN ASSANGE

FREE JULIAN ASSANGE

Campaigns, Events, FREE JULIAN ASSANGE
Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire called on United Kingdom Government to Free Julian Assange. Maguire said: “I know of no other country where an asylee is held with, no sunlight, no exercise, no visitors, no computer, no phone calls, yet all this is happening in the heart of London in Ecudorian Embassy, to an innocent man, Julian Assange, now in his 8th year of illegal and Arbitrary detention by the United Kingdom Government" [caption id="attachment_1447" align="alignnone" width="300"] Mairead Maguire & Ann Patterson along with other protestors - called on United Kingdom Government to Free Julian Assange & end their cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment which amounts to torture, as defined by International Law. [/caption] Speech by Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – Tuesday l9th June, 2018 British Embassy,Dublin. Dear Friends,…
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26May 2018 by peacepeople
Mairead Maguire speaking at the DMZ Peace Walk in Dorasan Peace Park #WomenPeaceKorea

Mairead Maguire speaking at the DMZ Peace Walk in Dorasan Peace Park #WomenPeaceKorea

#WOMENPEACEKOREA, Campaigns, Events, The DMZ Peace Walk
As the political situation on the Korean peninsula continues to shift. A New Era delegation with Women Cross DMZspent the day demonstrating for peace and women's representation in the process. Our delegation of 30 women security experts and feminist peace activists from around the world participated in the second historic DMZ Peace Walk today in Paju, South Korea, alongside 1,200 South Korean women mobilizing for a peaceful resolution to the Korean conflict. Watch the women "We walk in the hope that we can move closer to the re-unification of Korea" [caption id="attachment_1424" align="alignnone" width="300"] #WomenPeaceKorea[/caption]     The DMZ Peace Walk ended in Dorasan Peace Park with a Women's Peace Walk Declaration reading and Peace Festival. Nobel peace laureate, Mairead Maguire, also spoke at the festival to highlight the power of…
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26May 2018 by peacepeople
RAIN OR SHINE: DISPATCH FROM SOUTH KOREA

RAIN OR SHINE: DISPATCH FROM SOUTH KOREA

#WOMENPEACEKOREA, Campaigns, Events
As the political situation on the Korean peninsula continues to shift. A New Era delegation with Women Cross DMZ spent the day demonstrating for peace and women’s representation in the process. READ MORE HERE: #WomenPeaceKorea “We walk in the hope that we can move closer to the re-unification of Korea. We have always walked in the rain or shine. Let’s give power to women. Let’s walk.” – Young-Soo Han.  
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