Nobel peace Prize awarded to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman for work on women's rights
The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen for their work on women's rights.
Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize died on Sunday in her native Kenya.