Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, also of Liberia, and Tawakul Karman of Yemen are the first women to win the Nobel Peace Prize since 2004.
TED Talks: Nobel-Laureate Leymah Gbowee on Peace in Liberia, and the World
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The film “Pray the Devil Back to Hell” documents the story of a group of women who organized protests for peace aimed at ending Liberia’s nearly 20-year civil war. Leymah Gbowee was the driving force behind the movement.
