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Conference begins: End rape in war

Nobel Laureates, Jody Williams, Shirin Ebadi, and Mairead Maguire will open Women Forging a New Security: AVATAR_smEnding Sexual Violence in Conflict today at 9 am ESTFollow along on our blog.

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and honorary member of the Nobel Women's Initiative, Aung San Suu Kyi, sent a video message emphasizing the critical importance of ending sexual violence in conflict. Watch it here.

Over 120 civil society activists, corporate and security sector leaders, military and peacekeeping personnel, and academics from around the world are convening to discuss strategies for ending sexual violence in conflict over three days in Canada.

Follow us online through the conference blog.  Watch for video clips, blog entries from participants and more. Writer and feminist Jaclyn Friedman will be live-blogging three of the panel sessions at Feministe.comClick here to learn how to find her.

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