The Nobel Peace Prize 2011 was awarded jointly to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Liberia), Leymah Gbowee (Liberia) and Tawakkul Karman (Yemen) \"for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work\". Please leave them a message of congratulations at <a href=\"http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2011/\">http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2011/</a>

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Nobel Peace Prize 2011 awarded to 3 women for upholding women's rights!

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