The brave "Lioness of Iran," 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Shirin Ebadi is facing increasing pressure in her ongoing global campaign to support human rights, inside and outside the nation of Iran.
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Posted November 17, 2009 | 11/17/09 12:00 PM ET
“What I treasure most in life is being able to dream,” says Guatemalan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Rigoberta Menchú Tum. Holding dreams is an important part of life, but dreaming for Rigoberta took on mammoth proportions in 1979 when years of civil...
Posted November 15, 2009 | 11/15/09 02:14 AM ET
“What I treasure most in life is being able to dream,” says Guatemalan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Rigoberta Menchú Tum. Holding dreams is an important part of life, but dreaming for Rigoberta took on mammoth proportions in 1979 when years of civil...
Posted October 28, 2009 | 10/28/09 05:53 PM ET
Honduran news today reports a mystery that surrounds the murder of the nephew of the interim Honduran President, Roberto Micheletti. The president’s nephew, Enzo Micheletti, was found with his hands tied behind his back and bullet holes in the head and chest, in the woods outside the Honduran town of...
Posted October 21, 2009 | 10/21/09 07:51 PM ET
As someone who also lost an incredible humanitarian mother this year, I can relate deeply to the force behind Marie Shriver’s new report, “A Woman’s Nation.” In one ear echoes the words of Marie’s mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, “You can do it, Maria! Get going! Get moving!"
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Posted October 14, 2009 | 10/14/09 02:46 PM ET
The UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, known as "Secretary Ban" to UN insiders, recently made a monumental decision that could change the lives of hundreds of thousands of women worldwide.
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Posted December 29, 2009 | 12/29/09 05:00 PM ET