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Healing Yemen from the War: Messages from the Nobel Peace Laureates
Session Four
Healing Yemen from the War: Messages from the
Nobel Peace Laureates
Ghida Fakhry
Presenter TRT World and former New York Bureau Chief, Al Jazeera English
Is a Presenter for TRT World. She hosts the network's flagship political program from Washington DC, Bigger than Five. She is also the Moderator of Doha Debates. She was previously a Lead Anchor for Al Jazeera English, presenting the network's News hour and the award-winning program Witness. She has reported extensively from the UN, conducted interviews with Heads of State and Government and international officials, and moderates high level panels for the UN , the World Bank, and leading NGOs. She is a Contributor to the Huffington Post, writing on US foreign policy and global affairs.
Tawakkol Karman
Nobel Peace Laureate
Was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 in recognition of her work in nonviolent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peacebuilding work in Yemen. Amongst Yemen’s opposition movement, she is known as “mother of the revolution” and “the iron woman.” Upon being awarded the prize, Tawakkol became the first Yemeni, the first Arab woman, and the second Muslim woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize, as well as the youngest Nobel Peace Laureate at the time, at the age of 32.
Shirin Ebadi
Nobel Peace Laureate
Was awarded the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote human rights, and especially the rights of women, children, and political prisoners in Iran. Dr. Ebadi was one of the first female judges in Iran. She served as president of the city court of Tehran from 1975 to 1979 and was the first Iranian woman to achieve Chief Justice status. She has established many Iranian NGOs, including the Million Signatures Campaign, and published over 70 articles and 13 books on human rights, some of which have been published by UNICEF. In 2004, she was named by Forbes Magazine as one of the 100 most powerful women in the world.
Leymah Gbowee
Nobel Peace Laureate
Received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 for her work in leading a women’s peace movement that brought an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003. Gbowee shared the prize with fellow Liberian Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Yemen-native Tawakkol Karman. Leymah is the founder and president of Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa based in Liberia. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Nobel Women’s Initiative, Gbowee Peace Foundation and the PeaceJam Foundation, and she is a member of the African Women Leaders Network for Reproductive Health and Family Planning.
Jody Williams
Nobel Peace Laureate
Received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for her work with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Williams took a leading role in establishing the Nobel Women's Initiative (NWI), bringing together six of the seven living women Nobel Peace Prize laureates to lend their support to women working for peace, justice and equality around the world. She led a High Level Mission on Darfur for the UN's Human Rights Council in 2007. In 2004, she was named by Forbes as one of the 100 most powerful women in the world.