The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded jointly to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work”.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Born: 29 October 1938
Residence at the time of the award: Liberia
Prize motivation: “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work”.
Born: 29 October 1938
Residence at the time of the award: Liberia
Prize motivation: “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work”.
Role: President of Liberia.
For more about Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: http://www.emansion.gov.lr/content.php?sub=President%27s%20Biography&related=The%20President
Leymah Gbowee
Residence at the time of the award: Liberia
Prize motivation: “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work”.
Residence at the time of the award: Liberia
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
Residence at the time of the award: Yemen
Prize motivation: “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work”.
Residence at the time of the award: Yemen
Prize motivation: “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work”.
Source: http://www.nobelprize.org