Leymah Gbowee MA [Major: Conflict Transformation]
Leymah Gbowee MA [Major: Conflict Transformation]
The Nobel Peace Prize 2011
Co-nobelists: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee
Name: Laymah Roberta Jbowee
Birth: 1 February 1972, Monrovia, Liberia
Residence when prize awarded: Liberia
Award: “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work”
Subject: Peace movement, Women’s rights
Portion of cash: 1/3
“Went from being an angry, broke, virtually homeless, 25-year-old mother to listening to the voice of God.”
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1. The one thing I have never been afraid of is standing before important people and speaking my mind. I represent women who may never have the opportunity to go to the UN or meet with a president. I’m never afraid to speak truth to power.
2. There is something in this world that every individual can do. God has created all of us with something unique to contribute.
3. I have come to one conclusion: All that I am, all that I aspire to be, all that I was before, is by the grace of God. There are so many women in Africa, and outside Africa, who are more intelligent than I am.
4, Women are the ones that bear the greatest burden. We are also the ones who nurture societies.