peace—now:

Nobel Peace Prize recipients (L-R) Leymah Gbowee, Tawakkol Karman and Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf holding hands at the Grand Hotel in Oslo. 

Gbowee is a peace activist in Liberia, Karman is a women’s rights activist in Yemen and Johnson-Sirleaf is the president of Liberia.

All three women were honoured with this year’s Nobel Peace Prizes for their women’s rights activism and helping women participate in peace-building. 

(Photo by Fredrik Varfjell, AP)