Its a tie..I just want to give them a Hug! What these women have achieved is remarkable from the male dominated world of African Presidents, with President Ellen Sirleaf and major inequality in the Arab world with Tawwakul and the woman who led a strong movement for what she believed in and made a change., Leymah...I applaud that...standing ovation.
Africa's first democratically elected female president, a Liberian peace activist and a woman who stood up to Yemen's authoritarian regime won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday for their work to secure women's rights, which the prize committee described as fundamental to advancing world peace.Read More
The 10 million kronor ($1.5 million) award was split three ways between Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf(72), peace activist Leymah Gbowee (39), from the same African country, and democracy activist Tawakkul Karman (32)of Yemen — the first Arab woman to win the prize.
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