Along with two other female activists, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee was awarded the prestigious honor. Plus, Eliza Griswold tells Gbowee's story in Newsweek. Liberian peace activist and Daily ...

IN LIBERIA'S complex and turbulent political landscape, few voices have commanded as much respect -- both nationally and internationally -- as that of Leymah Gbowee. A Nobel Peace Prize laureate known ...

Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee’s journey from teenager to world leader began on a dusty football field near the fish market in Monrovia, Liberia. It was there that she she sat every day ...

NEW YORK, USA – MARCH 06: Liberian peace activist and 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee speaks at the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020 on March 6, 2020 at ...

In an excerpt from Mighty Be Our Powers , published by Beast Books, Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee remembers a joyous high school graduation party in beautiful Monrovia—six months before ...

Nobel laureate Leymah Gbowee inspired PBS’ new series, Women, War, and Peace , which airs Tuesday night and looks at women as targets in war—and their critical role in establishing peace.

NEW YORK (AP) — Two giants of the women's rights movement, Gloria Steinem and Nobel laureate Leymah Gbowee, have teamed up for a picture book with the mission of inspiring young people to change ...

Leymah Gbowee’s journey from a childhood in Liberia to inspirational speaker at a Beverly Hills salon may be a distance too great to measure in years or miles. The peace activist, 43, who shares ...

Editor's Note: Leymah Gbowee is a Liberian activist. In 2011 she received the Nobel Peace Prize. The opinions in this article belong to the author. Earlier this year, my daughter Pudu attended the ...

Leymah Gbowee, the Liberian activist who last year won the Nobel Peace Prize, says she is disappointed with fellow winner Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia’s president, and believes laureates need ...