Four Nobel Peace Prize laureates will be represented at the Nobel Peace Conference in September

Four Nobel Peace Prize laureates are represented when some of the world’s strongest voices for women’s rights gather in Oslo for the Nobel Peace Conference “Woman – Life – Freedom” 5 September. Maria Ressa (Nobel Peace Prize 2021) and Shirin Ebadi (Nobel Peace Prize 2003) will meet Kiana and Ali Rahmani, the children of last year’s laurate, Narges Mohammadi, on stage at the Nobel Peace Center. Doctor and women’s rights advocate Denis Mukwege will also speak, together with former politician and activist Fawzia Koofi from Afghanistan, the former ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and the young gender activist Karin Watson Ferrer, among more.

The annual Nobel Peace Conference marks the end of a year of events related to the latest Nobel Peace Prize, and this year’s conference is called “Woman – Life – Freedom” after the slogan used in the demonstrations in Iran in September 2022. The conference will look at the rollback of women’s rights internationally and discuss solutions to counter it.

“Developments for gender rights have moved in the wrong direction in many places around the world in recent years. At this year’s Nobel Peace Conference, we gather some of the world’s strongest advocates for women’s rights to discuss how we can turn the tide”, says Kjersti Fløgstad, Executive Director of the Nobel Peace Center.