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Bookmark or Share- Leymah Gbowee - Academy of AchievementAt age 24, Leymah Gbowee was a single mother of four, with no job and no prospects. A refugee from the First Liberian Civil War, she returned from exile to a country devastated by years of ruthless warfare, characterized by mass rape and the brutal killing of civilians.
- Leymah Gbowee – Biographical - NobelPrize.orgShe is Founder and President of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa, based in Monrovia. Leymah is best known for leading a nonviolent movement that brought together Christian and Muslim women to play a pivotal role in ending Liberia’s devastating, fourteen-year civil war in 2003.
- Leymah Gbowee - WikipediaLeymah Roberta Gbowee (born 1 February 1972) is a Liberian peace activist responsible for leading a women's non-violent peace movement, Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace that helped bring an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003.
- Leymah Gbowee | UN PeacemakerA 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate, Ms. Gbowee is a peace activist, trained social worker, and women’s rights advocate. Her leadership of the Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace brought...
- Leymah Gbowee - Nobel Women's InitiativeExplore the impactful role of Leymah Gbowee, honored with the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 for her leadership in a transformative women’s peace movement that successfully halted the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003.
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