MeEllen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia and Africa’s first female president; Liberia’s Leymah Gbowee and Tawakul Karman of Yemen, were awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of their nonviolent role in promoting peace, democracy and gender equality. They were the first women to win the prize since 2004 when it was awarded to Kenya’s […] Read more…