receiving of the Nobel Prize by Shirin Ebadi itself was a turning point for the women's movement in Iran. It was a big moral boost for people in Iran that brought diverse groups of women together, mobilized women, gave them new hope. Then learning that 6 Nobel sisters are going to get their forces together and create an international organization, we were really hopefully - including myself - that this is going to be a big support for the women's movement. Now, whenever something happens in Iran to women, when a woman activist gets arrested, we kind of...the first group that we think of is the Nobel Women's Initiative because they are the group that we know if they talk about, if they speak out against harassment or arrest of women activists, other people are going to listen. Fortunately, none of these Nobel women are lackey of any government, they are independent minded activists, they are peace advocates, they are against military attacks. So the government of Iran, which always uses the excuse of the threat of the US attack, military attack, or the threat of regime change and conspiracy, all that, they cannot accuse Nobel women of anything like that. So this is a legitimate, respected, internationally known and renowned and respected force that when they speak for Iranian women, and government of Iran has to listen to. So therefore, for me personally, as an activist, this has really been a source of hope, reliance, support, and assurance. JG: