2018 Nobel Peace Prize

STATEMENT BY FRED RYAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE ON THE DEATH OF HENRY KISSINGER

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President Reagan once said: I have great respect for Henry and great friendship.

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  • President Reagan once said: I have great respect for Henry and great friendship.
  • It was during that time that President Reagan got to know Dr. Kissinger well and once said of him, "I have great respect for Henry and great friendship."
  • Dr. Kissinger embodied the American Dream that Ronald Reagan spoke of often.
  • Ronald and Nancy Reagan welcomed Dr. Kissinger's advice and counsel both before and during the presidency.

VIKING RETURNS TO ANTARCTICA FOR THIRD SEASON

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking® (www.viking.com) is celebrating the start of its third expedition season in Antarctica, as the Viking Octantis® and her identical sister ship, the Viking Polaris® have arrived again in the region. Both ships will spend the Austral summer in Antarctica, before returning to North America's Great Lakes for voyages throughout the spring, summer and early fall.

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  • LOS ANGELES, Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking® ( www.viking.com ) is celebrating the start of its third expedition season in Antarctica, as the Viking Octantis ® and her identical sister ship, the Viking Polaris ® have arrived again in the region.
  • To meet strong demand for Antarctica voyages, Viking has also announced that the 2025-2026 season is now open for booking, including a new 87-day expedition, From the Arctic to Antarctica , sailing from Nuuk, Greenland to Ushuaia, Argentina.
  • "As we welcome guests back for a third season in Antarctica, we are pleased to introduce even more opportunities for the curious traveler to experience this phenomenal region in Viking comfort," said Torstein Hagen, Chairman of Viking.
  • On my own trip to Antarctica, I witnessed firsthand the incredible scenery and wildlife this fascinating continent has to offer.

Narges Mohammadi: 2023 Nobel peace laureate on hunger strike after being denied medical treatment over hijab ban

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Thursday, November 9, 2023
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Narges Mohammadi, the recipient of the 2023 Nobel peace prize for her long fight against the oppression of women in Iran, is reported to have started a hunger strike.

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  • Narges Mohammadi, the recipient of the 2023 Nobel peace prize for her long fight against the oppression of women in Iran, is reported to have started a hunger strike.
  • Mohammadi is serving multiple sentences in Iran’s infamous Evin prison on charges that include spreading propaganda against the state.
  • Her rights campaigns were characterised by the Nobel prize committee as a “brave struggle [that] has come with tremendous personal costs”.
  • According to data gathered by non-profit organisation Iran Human Rights, five protesters and 13 women have been executed in 2023.

Women, life, freedom

  • Social media – among women in Iran and worldwide – has been buzzing with the hashtag.
  • Women were at the forefront of the mass protests that led to the downfall of the last shah of Iran.
  • In 1983, four years after the revolution, the Islamic authorities passed a law making the wearing of the hijab compulsory.
  • But those who stayed increasingly used newly developing digital tools such as social media to campaign and share stories of harassment and discrimination.

Hunger strike

  • Narges Mohammadi has become a key figure in the women’s rights movement in Iran.
  • Despite having trained as an engineer, she took up journalism and wrote regular criticisms of the treatment of women, as well as the the country’s poor human rights record in general.
  • As an inmate in the notorious Evin prison in Tehran, she has led women’s resistance in support of the woman, life, freedom campaign.
  • According to a statement from her family released by the Free Narges Mohammadi campaign, she began her hunger strike in response to two issues: “The Islamic Republic’s policy of delaying and neglecting medical care for sick inmates, resulting in the loss of the health and lives of individuals.
  • A 17-year-old girl, Armita Geravand, died in October after receiving a head wound while riding Tehran’s metro without a headscarf.
  • In the fight against the global rise of authoritarianism, the key might lie in supporting women’s rights and grassroots feminist activism.


Hind Elhinnawy does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

How women in Israel and Palestine are pushing for peace — together

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Representing Israeli-based Women Wage Peace and Palestinian-based Women of the Sun, this feminist peace coalition called on political leaders to negotiate an end to the bloodshed and resolve the conflict between Israel and Palestine.

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  • Representing Israeli-based Women Wage Peace and Palestinian-based Women of the Sun, this feminist peace coalition called on political leaders to negotiate an end to the bloodshed and resolve the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
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    Israel seems poised for a massive invasion of Gaza rather than prolonged attrition

Difficult statement

    • A week later, the movement issued a full statement on the rapid escalation of violence in Gaza:
      “Every mother, Jewish and Arab, gives birth to her children to see them grow and flourish and not to bury them.
    • That’s why, even today, amid the pain and the feeling that the belief in peace has collapsed, we extend a hand in peace to the mothers of Gaza and the West Bank.” This was undoubtedly a difficult statement to write through their grief and anguish.
    • But this statement of cross-community solidarity — steadfastly insisting on peace in the face of war — is emblematic of the power and resolve of feminist anti-war collective action.
    • Today, the partnership between the two organizations is the result of earlier iterations of women-led peace activism throughout the conflict.

Other peace movements

    • Similarly, in the mid-1990s, Palestinian and Israeli feminists formed a feminist peace initiative called the Jerusalem Link following the Oslo peace process, initiated in 1993.
    • These are hard-fought feminist peace movements that are difficult to sustain amid occupation and war.
    • I once interviewed Palestinian and Israeli peace activists representing Women in Black and the Jerusalem Link while researching feminist peace communities in Israel and the occupied West Bank in the mid-2000s.

Entrenching divisions

    • But when political leaders like Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cast Palestinian solidarity demonstrations as “a glorification of violence,” it entrenches the very kinds of divisions that Israeli and Palestinian people are working to overcome every day.
    • The 1993 Oslo peace accords introduced the “two-state solution” and initiated a “peace process,” calling for Palestinian self-government and promising Palestinian political autonomy.

Resolution worthless?

    • And if that agenda doesn’t mean something now, it’s worthless.”
      “We’ve had 20 years plus of the Women, Peace and Security agenda.
    • And if that agenda doesn’t mean something now, it’s worthless.” The peace community is awaiting news of Silver, the missing Women Wage Peace activist.
    • Of not striving for peace, and this is what happens.” Today, Palestinians in Gaza are living this reality following Israel’s warning to evacuate.

Narges Mohammadi, Iranian activist, wins Nobel Peace Prize

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TORONTO, Oct. 6, 2023 /CNW/ - PEN Canada celebrates the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to jailed Iranian writer and human rights activist Narges Mohammadi for "her fight against the oppression of women in Iran, and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all."

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  • TORONTO, Oct. 6, 2023 /CNW/ - PEN Canada celebrates the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to jailed Iranian writer and human rights activist Narges Mohammadi for "her fight against the oppression of women in Iran, and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all."
  • "Narges Mohammadi has fought for women's rights in Iran with heroic strength and courage and at great personal cost," said Grace Westcott, President of PEN Canada.
  • "The Nobel Peace Prize recognizes not only her inspiring courage but that of all the women and girls of Iran who have risen up to demand their freedoms."
  • She is one of three imprisoned Iranian women to receive the 2023 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize and a recipient of PEN America's 2023 Barbey Freedom to Write Award.

Flame Bearers Hosted A Panel at Harvard Kennedy School's Women in Power Conference

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The female sports advocacy group led a panel discussion with elite women athletes.

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  • Cambridge, Massachusetts--(Newsfile Corp. - July 11, 2023) - Flame Bearers, the first global storytelling platform illuminating the unsung stories of resilient women Olympians and Paralympians, hosted a panel at the Harvard Kennedy School's Women in Power Conference on Saturday, April 15.
  • While the conference's theme-' Breaking Barriers'-relates strongly to Flame Bearers ' mission, its panel was entitled 'Sparking Conversations in Sport: Elite Women Athletes.'
  • The Women in Power Conference (WIPC) is now in its sixth year, with a historical reach of over 1,600 people in over 50 countries.
  • "We are honored to host a panel at the prestigious Women in Power Conference at the Harvard Kennedy School," Mittelman said.

VIKING ANNOUNCES NEW EXPEDITION VOYAGES IN THE ARCTIC

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LOS ANGELES, May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking® (www.viking.com) today announced three new summer season expedition voyages in the Arctic. Debuting in July 2025, the new itineraries, which range from 13 to 27 days, explore the polar north in Canada and Greenland, with two of the three voyages visiting the Canadian High Arctic.

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  • LOS ANGELES, May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking® ( www.viking.com ) today announced three new summer season expedition voyages in the Arctic.
  • "Our guests are curious travelers who are eager to explore new and different regions of the world, in Viking comfort," said Torstein Hagen, Chairman of Viking.
  • Join Viking on a fascinating voyage exploring the Canadian High Arctic to undiscovered territories beneath the skies of the midnight sun.
  • Enrichment On Board and On Shore: Viking has created the world's leading scientific enrichment environment in an expedition setting.

Press release - International Women's Day: an invitation for societies to do better

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Human Rights Activist and Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Nadia Murad to Speak at Pitzer College Commencement

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Friday, March 3, 2023
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CLAREMONT, Calif., March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nadia Murad, an internationally acclaimed human rights activist and co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, will deliver the commencement address to Pitzer College's Class of 2023 at this spring's commencement ceremony on May 13, 2023.

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  • CLAREMONT, Calif., March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nadia Murad, an internationally acclaimed human rights activist and co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, will deliver the commencement address to Pitzer College's Class of 2023 at this spring's commencement ceremony on May 13, 2023.
  • - Nadia Murad
    "We are deeply honored to have Nadia Murad joining us for this exciting high point of Pitzer's academic year," said Jill Klein, interim president of Pitzer College.
  • In 2018, Murad was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with Dr. Denis Mukwege for founding the Global Fund for Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence.
  • In addition to delivering the keynote address at Pitzer College's Commencement ceremony, Murad will visit the campus during Commencement week and engage with members of the Pitzer community in a more informal setting.

MAYOR WU AND EMBRACE BOSTON ANNOUNCE UNVEILING OF "THE EMBRACE," A MEMORIAL HONORING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND CORETTA SCOTT KING

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The new memorial, initiated by a partnership between the City of Boston and Embrace Boston, aims to honor the life and legacy of Rev.

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  • The new memorial, initiated by a partnership between the City of Boston and Embrace Boston, aims to honor the life and legacy of Rev.
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, celebrate their history in Boston, and spark a public conversation on advancing racial and social justice in Boston today.
  • "The Embrace is a commemoration of their relationship and journey and represents the meaningful role Boston served in our history.
  • The Embrace is a bronze figural abstraction based on a photo of an embrace between Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King after he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.