About Leymah
Leymah Gbowee was a teenager when Liberia's civil war began. She became a founding member and Liberia Coordinator of the Women in Peacebuilding Network. She organized Christian women to mobilize for peace and partnered with Muslim leaders to create an interfaith women's coalition called Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace. As its spokesperson, she led large-scale public protests that pressured President Charles Taylor to negotiate peace talks in Accra, Ghana.
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Expert / AcademicCivil ResistanceConflict ResolutionEducationInterfaith DialogueSocial DevelopmentUN Resolution 1325Women In PeacebuildingWomen'S Rights
Known for
- 2011 Nobel Peace Prize recipient
- leading Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace
- founding Women Peace and Security Network Africa (WIPSEN-A)
- organizing Christian and Muslim women in interfaith peace coalition
- founding Gbowee Peace Foundation
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