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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

On a three-city tour across the DRC with activist Leymah Gbowee, Linda Bird Francke watches a Congolese women’s movement come together, overcoming deep distrust seeded by over a decade of war.

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 ...