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Jody Williams

Jody Williams received the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for her work banning antipersonnel landmines.

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	Views Monday, August 17, 2020 It’s Time Chevron Faced Justice and Cleaned Up Its Mess in Ecuador—and It’s Time for the Persecution of Steven Donziger to End August 6 marked the one-year anniversary of the pre-trial detention of attorney Steven Donziger for a misdemeanor contempt charge in a civil case. His crime? Donziger refused to hand over his computer and phone, which contain privileged attorney-client communications, to Chevron. It might sound... Read more
	Views Wednesday, May 10, 2017 Women Fight Back: From Survive to Thrive The rising backlash against women’s rights, as well as that against activists of all stripes, was infused with new and terrifyingly overt vigor with the campaigning tactics of Donald Trump leading up to the dumbfounding results of the US presidential elections last November. But perhaps for many,... Read more
	Views Saturday, April 25, 2015 Defending the Defenders: The Daunting Global Challenge for Women Women human rights defenders are under attack. The Nobel Women's Initiative conference convenes today to deepen the understanding of the risks, and to develop strategies to strengthen efforts to defend the defenders. Some of the people most at risk in the world are those who dare to work to promote... Read more
	Views Friday, May 23, 2014 The Nuclear Zero Lawsuits: Who Will Speak for the People? The U.N. just concluded the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee with representatives from the 189 signatory nations and of civil society. The meeting was in preparation for next year's NPT conference and to discuss the current status of fulfilling the obligations under the... Read more
	Views Tuesday, January 29, 2013 Keep Dirty Oil Out of New England From north to south and east to west, people across the United States and Canada are increasingly coming together to fight against the expansion of the Alberta tar sands and efforts to move the highly toxic bitumen — tar sands “oil” — through pipelines to the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico... Read more
	Views Monday, November 07, 2011 The Devil in the Tar Sands CAPE TOWN – On Sunday, November 6, thousands of people encircled the White House as part of the ongoing effort to press US President Barack Obama to stop the Keystone XL pipeline. If the nearly 1,700-mile pipeline were to be built, it would run from the tar sands of Alberta, Canada, through the heartland of the US, all the way to the Texas coast on the Gulf of Mexico. Read more
	Views Sunday, December 06, 2009 U.S. Land Mine Policy is Shameful Just before the Thanksgiving holiday, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly revealed that President Barack Obama would follow in President George W. Bush's footsteps and not sign the international Mine Ban Treaty. Many of us had hoped he would embrace President Bill Clinton's pledge that the U.S. would join. The 1997 treaty was a landmark accomplishment. For the first time, a group of governments and civil institutions joined together to ban a conventional weapon that had been used by virtually every fighting force for decades. Read more
	Views Thursday, November 26, 2009 Stand with the Women of Honduras As U.S. policy makers equivocate about resolving the crisis of democracy in Honduras, a major issue is being ignored-the widespread abuses of human rights in the aftermath of the Honduran coup. The brunt of these abuses has been borne by the women of Honduras. So far, the Obama administration has failed to come to their defense even as their efforts to promote peace and democracy in their country have been met with systematic repression. Read more
	Views Monday, April 13, 2009 Ban Land Mines and Cluster Bombs President Obama is demonstrating that his willingness to tackle the horrors of nuclear weapons has teeth. He and President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia announced earlier this month new talks on a treaty to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty that expires in December. Negotiations will include... Read more
	Views Saturday, May 24, 2008 US Subverts The Cluster Bomb Ban DUBLIN - The diplomatic conference to ban cluster munitions - bomb canisters that open and spew hundreds or thousands of bomblets that harm both civilians and soldiers - is being held in Dublin. The United States is not participating in the deliberations but it is making its presence painfully... Read more