Peace we make : Harmony (2)

Tawakkol Karman

She was born at Feb, 1979, Ta'izz, Yemen

Tawakkol Karmann awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011. She put lot of effort on women's right and safety. She is also nonviolence advocate for women's activity. Her Prize motivation is "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for womens rights to full participation in peace-building work."

Tawakkol Karman Quotes

Women are no longer victims. They have become leaders. They are at the forefront of the demonstrations. We will share a role in all aspects of life, side by side with men.

-Tawakkol Karman

We are now struggling for a new world which is based on peace, which is based on love, which is based on justice, which is based on accountability, based on human rights.

-Tawakkol Karman

There is no peace without justice and there is no justice without accountability.

-Tawakkol Karman

The people have tasted it and have made great sacrifices and will not give out...We have blazed a path for ourselves … and we will win.

-Tawakkol Karman

Peace does not mean just to stop wars, but also to stop oppression and injustice.

-Tawakkol Karman

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Peace we make : Harmony (1)

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

EllenJohnson Sirleaf is born at 29 October 1938, Monrovia, Liberia. She is first woman president in Liberia, who won Nobel Peace Prize 2011. She fought for Liberia's autocracy, and for recovery of wars. Her peace movement, fighting for womens rights. Her prize motivation is "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for womens rights to full participation in peace-building work". 

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Quotes

The future belongs to us, because we have taken charge of it. We have the commitment, we have the resourcefulness, and we have the strength of our people to share the dream across Africa of clean water for all.
-Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

As more men become more educated and women get educated, the value system has to be more enhanced and the respect for human dignity and human life is made better.
-Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

The people of Liberia know what it means to be deprived of clean water, but we also know what it means to see our children to begin to smile again with a restoration of hope and faith in the future.
-Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

I think the majority of the Liberian people want peace.
-Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.
-Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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