Nobel laureate and human rights advocate, Tawakkol Karman, delivered a powerful speech on women, peace, ...
Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights advocate, Tawakkol Karman, will participate in the third edition ...
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights activist, Tawakkol Karman, actively participated in a thought-provoking ...
On Sunday, February 18, 2024, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and human rights activist, Tawakkol Karman, ...
Participating in a session titled "Ballot Boom or Bust? Democratic Resilience in a Super Election Year" ...
Tawakkol Karman
Tawakkol Karman is a human rights activist, journalist and politician. Known as the “mother of the revolution”, “the iron woman” and “the lady of the Arab Spring,” Karman played a key role in the 2011 pro-democracy youth uprising in Yemen. She was awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, along with Ellen John Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee, in recognition of her leadership in non-violent struggle and her advocacy against authoritarianism, corruption, and oppression. Karman is the first Arab woman and the second Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. and at the time was the youngest recipient at 32.