[OTTAWA] Up at 6h30, I managed to get out the door by 7h15 to catch the 8h00 bus to Ottawa. I have 4 meetings scheduled with people I’ve only spoken with over the phone and a dinner and sleepover with Rory and Ronaye, friends of mine who live nicely snug between the Rideau Canal and the Rideau River.
I got off the bus at Ottawa University and walked to my first meeting with Rachel Vincent and Erin Simpson at the Nobel Women’s Initiative’s modest offices on Slater street. Their space belies the clout of the organization that represents 50% of all women Nobel laureates in the prize’s 107-year history. The Nobel Women’s Initiative was established in 2006 by sister Nobel Peace Laureates Jody Williams (1997), Shirin Ebadi (2003), Wangari Maathai (2004), Rigoberta Menchú Tum (1992), Betty Williams (1976) and Mairead Corrigan Maguire (1976).
