2011 Nobel Peace Prize
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2011 Nobel Peace Prize
| The Nobel Peace Prize | ||||
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| Awarded for | Outstanding contributions to peace | |||
| Presented by | Norwegian Nobel Committee | |||
| Location | Oslo | |||
| Reward | 10 million SEK ($1.5M) | |||
| First awarded | 1901 | |||
| Currently held by | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman | |||
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The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was jointly awarded to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, a Liberian peace activist, and Tawakkul Karman, a Yemeni journalist, politician and human rights activist, "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work".[1] In announcing the award on 7 October 2011, the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjørn Jagland, stressed the link between women's rights, peace and democracy.
Nomination and announcement
The winner is selected by the Norwegian Nobel Committee from nominations by others. There were 241 nominations for the 2011 award, which included the European Union, WikiLeaks and individuals connected with the Arab Spring such as Israa Abdel Fattah and Wael Ghonim.[2]
The five members of the Nobel Committee are appointed by the Norwegian Parliament to roughly reflect the party makeup of that body.
Reactions
The reactions from politicians and commentators to the 2011 prize were mainly positive but Winston Tubman, who stood against Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in the 2011 presidential election, criticised awarding the prize to her.[3]
References
- ^ "Nobel Peace Prize 2011". Nobel Foundation. http://nobelpeaceprize.org/en_GB/announce-2011/. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- ^ Paust, Thomas (7 October 2011). "Er dette den «ukjente» prisvinneren? [Is this the «unknown» prize recipient?]" (Norwegian). Nettavisen. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- ^ Staff reporter (7 October 2011). "Nobel Peace Prize recognises women rights activists". BBC News. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
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