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2011 Nobel Prize Award

07 Friday Oct 2011

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2011 nobel prize, award, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, non-violent struggle, peace warrior, president, Tawakkul Karman, women, Yemen's Arab Spring activist

A combination of three recent photos shows (from L) Yemen’s Arab Spring activist Tawakkul Karman, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Liberian “peace warrior” Leymah Gbowee who won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize the jury announced on October 7, 2011. The three prize winners share the 2011 award “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work,” Norwegian Nobel Committee president Thorbjoern Jagland said in his announcement. 

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