Three women win Nobel Peace Prize

7 October 2011 Last updated at 05:24 ET

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded jointly to three women – Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen.

They were recognised for their “non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work”.

Mrs Johnson Sirleaf is Africa’s first female elected head of state, Ms Gbowee is a peace activist and Ms Karman is a leading figure in Yemen’s pro-democracy movement.

Announcing the prize in Oslo, Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said: “We cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the world unless women achieve the same opportunities as men to influence developements at all levels of society.”

The women will share the $1.5m (£1m) prize money.

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