Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights advocate Tawakkol Karman delivered a powerful address at a high-level side event organized by the UN Women Leaders Network in cooperation with the United Nations Foundation, urging the international community to place women at the center of peace, justice, and human rights efforts.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights advocate Tawakkol Karman marked the 63rd anniversary of Yemen’s September 26 Revolution with a televised address, calling the uprising “the birth of the republic and the compass guiding Yemenis toward freedom, justice, and equal citizenship.”
Human rights defender and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkol Karman issued a stark warning to world leaders on Wednesday, declaring that international peace and security cannot be achieved while women remain marginalized. Speaking at the annual Women, Peace, and Leadership Symposium on Women’s Leadership for International Peace and Security, Karman said that “twenty-five years after the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, the promise to women remains unfulfilled.”
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights advocate Tawakkol Karman made an intervention during the 80th UN General Assembly High-Level Side Event on Social Business, Youth, and Technology, calling for sweeping reforms of the United Nations and international institutions while celebrating the transformative power of youth movements.