Karman is committed to the nonviolent struggle for the right of expression, the safety of women and women s rights to fully participate in peacekeeping efforts in her home country of Yemen. A mother of three, she is a human rights activist, journalist

The human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkol Karman has called on the West to keep doors open to refugees and support their right for freedom, justice, democracy and a decent life.

The human rights activist and Nobel Peace laureate Tawakkol Karman has said Mohammed Morsi will remain the leader of Egypt, labeling the current president Abdel Fattah Sisi as a mere putschist.

AMHERST, Mass. – Tawakkol Karman, the first Arab woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize, will speak on “Nonviolence as a Means of Struggle, Change and Success” on Wednesday, April 4 at 3 p.m. in the Bernie Dallas Room, Goodell Hall at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkol Karman has highly praised Yemeni Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Civil Service and Insurance, Abdul-Aziz Jubari, for his decision to resign from office. 

The ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh fell morally and practically when he ordered to shout at peaceful protestors on 18 March 2011, said Nobel Peace laureate Tawakkol Karman.

The individuals, thanks to their free will, consciousness and energy, have changed the course of history, made major transformations, developed theories and paved the way to scientific developments, said the human rights activist and Nobel Peace laureate Tawakkol Karman.