Nobel Peace Prize on the hands of three feminists

This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman, for their remarkable activities for feminism.

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From left: Sirleaf, Gbowee and Karman. (Photo: Nobelprize)

AFP quoted President of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Thorbjoern Jagland as saying the Sirleaf trio - Gbowee - Karman was chosen for "their nonviolent struggle for women's safety and women's rights to attend fully engaged in peace building work ".

"We cannot have long-term democracy and peace in the world if women do not have the same opportunities as men, contributing to the development at every level of society," said Jagland. to speak.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, 72, is the current Liberian president. She is the first female president in Africa, and is currently the only female leader in the continent who is in power after winning an election.

Ms. Leymah Gbowee is also a Liberian citizen and famously known as the "peace warrior" . She was the organizer of a peace movement that led to the end of Liberia's second civil war in 2003.

Unlike those two, Tawakkul Karman is a Yemeni politician and human rights activist. She is a key member of Al-Islah, the main opposition party in Yemen and the leader of "Women journalists without chains".

In the insurgency movement still taking place in Yemen, Ms. Karman organized student demonstrations in the capital Sanaa to speak to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his administration. She was twice arrested and released again this year.

The trio surpassed a series of heavy candidates as activists participated in the Arab Spring rebellion in North Africa and the Middle East; European Union; Afghan human rights activist Sima Samar; Memorila human rights organization of Russia; Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl.