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
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“Went from being an angry, broke, virtually homeless, 25-year-old mother to listening to the voice of God.”
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Leymah Gbowee is the founder and current President of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa. She was the founding head of the Liberian Reconciliation Initiative and the co-Founder and Executive Director of Women Peace and Security Network Africa (WIPSEN-A). She is also a founding member and former Liberia Coordinator of Women in Peacebuilding Network/West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WIPNET/WANEP).