Leymah Gbowee
Liberian peace activist
Leymah Gbowee is a Liberian peace activist who led a women's movement that helped end the Second Liberian Civil War. She shared the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Liberian Born 1972 in Monrovia, Liberia
About Leymah Gbowee
Leymah Gbowee was born on 1 February 1972 in Liberia. She led the Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace, a non-violent movement that helped bring the Second Liberian Civil War to a close in 2003. The movement united Christian and Muslim women in opposition to President Charles Taylor. Her work alongside Ellen Johnson Sirleaf helped lead to a free election in 2005, which Sirleaf won. In 2011 Gbowee, Sirleaf and Tawakkul Karman were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their peaceful campaigning for women's safety and for their right to take part fully in building peace. Mighty Be Our Powers is among her books.