The Nobel committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 is to be divided in three equal parts between Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman for their non - violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work. The committee has cited in delivering awards through press release that we cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the world unless women obtain the same opportunities as men to influnce developments at all levels of society.
If we look at the careers of this year's winners, we find that Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first elected female head of state, is known as the 'Iron Lady' by her supporters.She was imprisoned in the 1980s for criticising the military regime of Samual Doe and then backed Charles Taylor's rebellion before falling out with him and being charged with treason after he become president. In 2009, Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommended that she be barred from office for 30 years for her role in backing Taylor, who is currently on trial for war crimes in The Hague. Despite the popular appeal of her opponent, analysts say she won because of background as a development economist. Sirleaf, a divorcee whose exhusband died a few years ago, is the mother of four sons and has six grandchildren. 'When the plane hasn't landed yet, don't change the pilots.' her posters say.
If we look at the careers of this year's winners, we find that Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first elected female head of state, is known as the 'Iron Lady' by her supporters.She was imprisoned in the 1980s for criticising the military regime of Samual Doe and then backed Charles Taylor's rebellion before falling out with him and being charged with treason after he become president. In 2009, Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommended that she be barred from office for 30 years for her role in backing Taylor, who is currently on trial for war crimes in The Hague. Despite the popular appeal of her opponent, analysts say she won because of background as a development economist. Sirleaf, a divorcee whose exhusband died a few years ago, is the mother of four sons and has six grandchildren. 'When the plane hasn't landed yet, don't change the pilots.' her posters say.
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