The Liberian president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen have won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.
The Norwegian Nobel committee honoured the three women “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work”. They are the first women to win the prize for seven years.
Ms Johnson-Sirleaf became president of Liberia in 2005, and is Africa’s first and only elected female leader.
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