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-2011 Nobel Peace Laureate

-founder and president of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa

-co-founder and executive director of Women Peace and Security Network Africa(WIPSEN-A)

-founding member and former Liberia Coordinator of Women in Peacebuilding Network/West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WIPNET/WANEP)



-Leymah Gbowee is a Liberian peace activist, trained social worker and women’s rights advocate

-is the Newsweek Daily Beast's Africa columnist

-serves on the Board of Directors of the Nobel Women’s Initiative and the PeaceJam Foundation

-member of the African Women Leaders Network for Reproductive Health and Family Planning



-has an M.A. in Conflict Transformation from Eastern Mennonite University (Harrisonburg, VA)



-Mighty Be Our Powers -her book about how she became involved in worldly issues

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