The Nobel Peace Prize 2011 has been announced on Friday, 7 October 2011 by Jagland, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, in three equal parts between two Liberian and one Yemeni woman who have campaigned for peace and democracy in Liberia and Yemen.
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2011 jointly "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 Winners 2011:
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (24th President of Liberia):
| NAME | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf |
| BORN | October 29, 1938 (Monrovia, Liberia) |
| AGE | 72 years |
| NATIONALITY | Liberian |
| EXPERTISE | Economist Businessperson & Activist |
| RELIGION | Methodism |
| ACADEMIC BACKGROUND |
| a degree in accounting from Madison Business College, Madison, Wisconsin |
| a degree in economics from University of Colorado, Boulder |
| studied economics & public policy from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government (1969-1971) |
| a degree in Master of Public Administration |
| POLITICAL PARTY | Unity Party |
| ROLE | President of Liberia |
| POLOTICAL CAREER | (1985) General Election |
| (1997) Presidential Campaign |
| (2005) Presidential Campaign |
| (2011) Presidential Campaign |
AWARDS & HONORS | Recipient of the 1988 Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute Freedom of Speech Award | | Ralph Bunche International Leadership Award |
| Grand commander Star of Africa Redemption of Liberia |
| Commandeur de l'Ordre du Togo |
| (2006) Common Ground Award recipient (Search for Common Ground) |
| (2006) Laureate of the Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger (The Hunger Project) |
| (2006) Distinguished Fellow, Claus M. Halle Institute for Global Learning, Emory University |
| (2006) Awarded Honorary Doctor of Laws from Marquette University |
| (2006) David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award from Synergos |
| (2007) Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award given by the United States, awarded to Sirleaf by U.S. President George W. Bush on 5 November 2007 |
| (2008) Awarded Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Indiana University |
| (2008) Awarded Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Brown University |
| (2009) awarded the EITI Award for "the rapid progress the country has made towards implementation of the EITI" |
| (2009) Awarded Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Tampa |
| (2010) Awarded Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Yale University |
| (2010) Awarded Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
| (2010) Friend of the Media in Africa Award from the African Editor's Union |
| (2011) Awarded Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Harvard University |
| (2011) African Gender Award |
| (2011) Nobel Peace Prize |
| PRIZE MOTIVATION | "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work" |
Leymah Gbowee (Peace activist)
| NAME | Leymah Gbowee |
| BORN | 1972 (Central Liberia) |
| AGE | 39 years |
| NATIONALITY | Liberian |
| ROLE | the executive director of the Women Peace and Security Network Africa, based in Accram Ghana |
| ACADEMIC BACKGROUND |
| a degree in Master of Arts in Conflict Transformation from Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia |
Conflict Prevention and Peace-building Training at the United Nations Institute for Training | | the Healing Victims of War Trauma Center in Cameroon and Non-Violent Peace Education in Liberia |
| WORKS | Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer and Sex Changed a Nation at War (September 13, 2011) |
AWARDS & HONORS | (2007) Blue Ribbon for Peace from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University | | Recipient of the Women's eNews 2008 Leaders for the 21st Century Award |
| (2009) Gruber Prize for Women's Rights |
| (2009) John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award |
| (2010) Living Legends Award for Service to Humanity |
| (2010) John Jay Medal for Justice from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice |
| (2010) Joli Humanitarian Award from Riverdale Country School |
| (2011) Villanova Peace Award from Villanova University |
| (2011) Nobel Peace Prize |
| PRIZE MOTIVATION | "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work" |
Tawakkul Karman
| NAME | Tawakkul Karman |
| BORN | 7 February 1979 (Taiz, Yemen) |
| AGE | 32 years |
| NATIONALITY | Yemeni |
| EXPERTISE | Journalist, politician & human right activist |
| RELIGION | Islam |
| ACADEMIC BACKGROUND | a degree in Political Science from the University of Sana'a |
| POLITICAL PARTY | Al-Islah |
| ROLE | as a Yemeni Journalist & an advocate for a mobile phone news service in 2007, after which she led protests for press freedom. She has been called by Yemenis the "Iron Woman" and "Mother of the Revolution" |
| AWARDS & HONORS | (2011) Nobel Peace Prize |
| PRIZE MOTIVATION | "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work" |
Credit & Sources: nobelprize.org & wikipedia Thanks to all
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