The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided
that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 is to be divided
in three equal parts between
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf,
Leymah Gbowee and
Tawakkul Karman for
their non-violent struggle for the safety of women
and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work.
We cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace
in the world unless women
obtain the same opportunities
as men
to influence
developments at all levels of society.
In October 2000,
the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1325.
The resolution for the first time made violence
against women
in armed conflict an international security issue.
It underlined the need for women
to become participants
on an equal footing with men
in peace processes and
in peace work
in general.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is Africa’s first democratically elected female president. Since her inauguration in 2006, she has contributed to securing peace in Liberia, to promoting economic and social development, and to strengthening the position of women.
Leymah Gbowee mobilized and organized women across ethnic and religious dividing lines to bring an end to the long war in Liberia, and to ensure women’s participation in elections. She has since worked to enhance the influence of women in West Africa during and after war.
In the most trying circumstances, both before and during the "Arab spring", Tawakkul Karman has played a leading part in the struggle for women’s rights and for democracy and peace in Yemen.
It is the Norwegian Nobel Committee’s hope that the prize to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman will help to bring an end to the suppression of women that still occurs in many countries, and to realise the great potential for democracy and peace that women can represent.
Uttalande av Nobels Fredspriskommitté - Oslo 7 oktober 2011 - publicerat på Fredsprisets hemsida.
Jag gläds åt dessa kvinnornas fredsarbete. Och att de har uppmärksammats för sitt arbete med detta pris. Jag gläds åt allt som de har gjort för de sinas väl - de sina i betydelsen vi alla. Och åt deras ihärdighet i fredsarbetet som har skapat mer och mycket för så många. Jag hoppas att de skapar än mer för familjer, kvinnor, barn och män i framtiden - av dem själva och av oss alla som inspireras av deras spår. Små och stora steg - tillsammans med familjer, kvinnor, barn och män. Världen över.
Jag hoppas och tror också att det skall påverka arbetet i fredssorganisationer i deras tålmodiga arbete för fred och frihet i olika delar av världen. Frid.
Anette Grinde
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