Ellen johnson sirleaf

The Nobel Peace Prize 2011 was awarded jointly to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work"

In honor of the newest Nobel Peace Prize winner, Malala Yousafzai, we look back at the past women winners.

The Nobel Peace Prize 2011 was awarded jointly to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work"

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian politician and an accomplished economist who was president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018; she was the first woman to be elected head of state of an African country. Johnson Sirleaf won a share of the 2011 Nobel Prize for Peace for her efforts to further women’s rights.

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - President of Liberia

Leymah Roberta Gbowee (born 1 February 1972) is a Liberian peace activist responsible for leading a women's peace movement that helped bring an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003. She, along with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Tawakkul Karman, were awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work.

The Nobel Peace Prize 2011 was awarded jointly to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work"