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Monday, October 10, 2011

Nobel Prize Shows Role of Women in Democracy, Peace

Liberian Peace Activist Leymah Gbowee
New York) – The decision to award the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize to three women, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman, recognizes that democracy and lasting peace cannot be achieved without giving women the full opportunity to participate, Human Rights Watch said today. It also highlights the challenges that women continue to face, in Yemen and all over the world, to ensure that their human rights remain at the top of the agenda."This is a tribute to all women whose tireless work and brave protests helped bring about peace and democracy, and to those women who are still fighting for it today,” said Kenneth Roth, executive director of 
Yemeni Tawakul Karman
Human Rights Watch. “The job is still at best only half done, and the world
needs to support efforts to build societies based on respect for human rights of all. We should not forget those women who are still suffering in conflicts today, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Cote d’Ivoire, Afghanistan and elsewhere.” 



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