Friday, 7 October 2011

2011 Nobel Peace Prize

 "It is the Norwegian Nobel Committee’s hope that the prize to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman will help to bring an end to the suppression of women that still occurs in many countries, and to realise the great potential for democracy and peace that women can represent."

Full article here


                                     Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

                                                        24th and current President of Liberia
                                                                      Read more


                                                                  Leymah Gbowee

                                African peace activist responsible for organising a peace movement
                                  that brought an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003
                                                                        Read more



   Tawakel Karman

                                            Yemeni politician and human rights activist who heads 
                                                 the group Women Journalists Without Chains.
                                                                          Read more

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