Nobel Peace Prize

In Language Arts, I have been researching the winners of the nobel peace prize this year.  Their names are:  Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, and Tawakkul Karman.  Both Ellen and Leymah lived in Liberia when they won the award, and Tawakkul lived in Yemen.  They were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for "their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work.  Ellen's specific contribution was that she was the President of Liberia, and now has to be re-elected, so she had advantages.  **** put L.G.'s and T.K.'s contributions here!!!***

My questions that I had when I first started researching them:
1.  What did Tawakku do?  (I had no information from the start from the website www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace)
2.  What did Leymah do?  (same reason as #1)
3.  How did they promote woman's safety?
4.  how did the three get discovered, what media channel did they use?
5.  How did people react to their campaign?

Specific research on each individual:
Leymah Gbowee:
Source: www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15215312  and www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/07/johnson-sirleaf-gbowee-karmen-nobel
What issue(s) caused this person to take action?  Liberia's 14-year civil war.
Was the issue local or global?  Explain.  Global- women should be safe and not just in Africa.  There should be peace between both men and women.
How did this person take action?  She gathered up a large group of women and they started picketing, fasting, and praying.
What media channels did he or she use to take action?  How did he or she use each?  She has been a commissioner and reconciliation commission.  She is also the executive director of the Women in Peace and Security Network

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf:
Sources:  www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15212382  and  www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/07/johnson-sirleaf-gbowee-karmen-nobel
What issue(s) caused this person to take action?  To encourage women's rights.
Was the issue local or global? Explain.  *Same for all- see this answer on Leymah's*
How did the person take action?  Ellen is the president of Liberia.  She made a policy against corruption and she believes in free education for children.
What media channels did he or she use to take action? How did he or she use each?  She is the president of Liberia, so she could let everyone know about this movement.

Tawakkol Karmen:
Source:  www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/07/johnson-sirleaf-gbowee-karmen-nobel
What issue(s) caused this person to take action?  She wanted to stop Liberia's civil war like Leymah, and she joined the struggle for women's rights and for democracy and peace in Yemen.
Was the issue local or global?  Explain.  *Same as the answer for Leymah's question.*
How did the person take action?  She organized women to end to religious dividing lines and the long war and to promote women's participation in elections.
What media channels did he or she use to take action?  How did he or she use each?  She founded the group  Women Journalists Without Chains.  Also, some bloggers supported the campaign.

Answers to my questions listed earlier:
1.  She campaigned with a large group of women.
2.  The President made policies and they picketed.
3.  Same as #1
4.  President, blogging
5.  They supported it.

How does this person inspire you?
They all inspire me in many ways.  They inspire me to take action to help any way I can.  I was also inspired by Ellen's story.  She became the first female president in Africa.  That tells me that anything is possible and women can be as powerful as men.  They all refuted the stereotype of women not being important.  (Vocab word!(: )