http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/08/world/nobel-peace-prize-sirleaf-johnson-gbowee-karman.html?_r=1&hp

"The Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 was awarded on Friday to three prominent women from Africa and the Arab world in acknowledgment of their nonviolent role in promoting peace, democracy and gender equality. The winners were Liberian PresidentEllen Johnson Sirleaf, her compatriot Leymah Gbowee and Tawakul Karman of Yemen."