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Tawakel Karman

Shiite Houthi rebels gesture as they stand atop an army vehicle they took from the compound of the army's First Armoured Division in Sanaa on September 22, 2014.

Yemen’s peace deal brings Houthi rebels into the government, but many problems remain

Conflict

A protest in Sana’a led by a northern Yemeni tribe, the Houthis, became a military assault on the capital over the weekend. Now a UN-brokered peace deal will allow the Houthis into power and end the fighting, but the situation remains complex with sectarian and tribal disputes still simmering.

Sumaya Albgal, the daughter of immigrants from Yemen, is a student at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

A daughter of immigrants tests how far a Yemeni woman can go

Development & Education

Tawakul Karman set to receive Nobel Peace Prize

2011 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to women activists

The World

Nobel Prize Winner Imagines Way Forward for Yemen

Global Politics

Tawakul Karman — Nobel Prize Winner From Yemen

Conflict & Justice

The Nobel Peace Prize will be formally presented Saturday to the three women awarded the honor this year. One of them is Tawakul Karman, a Yemeni journalist and a key figure in her country’s protests.

Yemeni Activist Tawakul Karman Among Three Women Nobel Peace Prize Winners

Conflict & Justice

Letta Taylor, a Yemen researcher at Human Rights Watch, talks about Tawakul Karman.

Reaction From Liberia on Nobel Prize

Global Politics

Not everyone is happy in Liberia about Sirleaf winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

Top of the Hour: Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Three Women, Morning Headlines

Liberian President  Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, also of Liberia, and Tawakul Karman of Yemen were announced as the winners of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo this morning.

The World

Three women awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Arts, Culture & Media

Three women were awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The Norwegian Nobel committee honored 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.”