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Three Women Who Fought For Change Share Nobel Prize

Three women, two from Liberia the other from Yemen, all three women have made great strides and advancement for civil change in their respective countries. The three women are Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, Tawakkul Karman. Ellen Sirleaf ran against Liberian warlord Charles Taylor in 1997 and lost, but after a rebellion Taylor left office and Sirleaf won the following election by a landslide. One of the women who made this possible for her was Leymah Gbowee who advocated for women to participate in elections, to stop the long war that ravaged Liberia, and stop the rape and abuse of women in the country by soldiers. Tawakkul Karman has been dubbed “Mother of Revolution” by her followers. She has been leading protests against Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh since 2006.

All three women are being recognized for their “non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work,” according to All Africa News. These women have broken boundaries and fostered change in their country, and ultimately made peace and prosperity for the people they made multiple scarifies for.

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http://theforeigner.no/pages/news/three-women-win-2011-peace-prize/

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9Q7LVMO0&show_article=1

October 11, 2011 at 11:12 pm