Nobel Peace Prize goes to three women
The Norwegian Nobel Committee will award the prize to a president, a peace activist and a women’s rights campaigner.
Published On 7 Oct 2011
A president, a peace activist and a women’s rights campaigner, all women, were named winners of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.
The three women from the developing world – Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Yemeni women’s rights activist Tawakul Karman – were named by the Norwegian Nobel Committee at a ceremony in Oslo on Friday.
They were honoured for their “non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work”, Thorbjoern Jagland, president of the committee, said.
Al Jazeera’s Barnaby Phillips takes a close look.