Leymah Roberta Gbowee (born 1 February 1972) is a Liberian peace activist responsible for leading a women's non-violent peace movement, Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace that helped bring an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003.

She is Founder and President of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa, based in Monrovia. Leymah is best known for leading a nonviolent movement that brought together Christian and Muslim women to play a pivotal role in ending Liberia’s devastating, fourteen-year civil war in …

2025年1月1日 · Leymah Gbowee is a Liberian peace activist known for rallying women to pressure leaders into ending Liberia’s civil war. She was one of three recipients, along with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Tawakkul Karman, of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, for their nonviolent efforts to further the safety and rights of women.

Leymah Gbowee was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her non-violent efforts to promote peace and her struggle for women’s rights. In 1990 civil war broke out in Liberia. Leymah Gbowee underwent training in trauma therapy in order to take care of traumatised child soldiers.

After winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Ms. Gbowee established the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa in Monrovia, Liberia where she serves as Founder and President. Ms. Gbowee recently served as Executive Director of the Women, Peace and Security Program at Columbia University’s Earth Institute.

Explore the impactful role of Leymah Gbowee, honored with the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 for her leadership in a transformative women’s peace movement that successfully halted the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003.

2021年2月16日 · At age 24, Leymah Gbowee was a single mother of four, with no job and no prospects. A refugee from the First Liberian Civil War, she returned from exile to a country devastated by years of ruthless warfare, characterized …

2024年2月16日 · Georgetown honored Leymah Gbowee, a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and women’s rights advocate who played a major role in ending the Second Liberian Civil War, with an honorary degree.

Leymah Gbowee, in full Leymah Roberta Gbowee, (born 1972, Liberia), Liberian peace activist known for rallying women to pressure leaders into ending Liberia’s civil war.

Ms. Gbowee is the founder and current President of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa, founder of the Liberia Reconciliation Initiative and co-founder and former Executive...