For someone known widely in Yemen as “the Iron Woman”, Tawakkol Karman seems anything but as she addresses the Union with a wide smile and almost motherly demeanour.
For someone known widely in Yemen as “the Iron Woman”, Tawakkol Karman seems anything but as she addresses the Union with a wide smile and almost motherly demeanour.
By: Katrien Bollen - She was unknown outside of her own country until she became the face of the Arab Spring in Yemen. Today, she is the first Arab woman to have won the Nobel Peace Prize. A conversation with human rights activist Tawakkol Karman about dreams, courage, and skipping school for the climate.
Written by: James Ashworth
The Chronicle Herald - by: FRANCIS CAMPBELL: Tawakkol Karman is well aware of her rights. She just can’t exercise them in her home country of Yemen.“We pay the price,” said Karman,