Check out Leymah Gbowee on Joyus with my friend Sukhinder, but more importantly, check out the book.

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Leymah Gbowee, a Liberian activist and Nobel Peace Laureate, however, has a different and decidedly more precarious act to balance.

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This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded jointly to three women - Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian Leymah Gbowee and Tawakul Karman of Yemen.

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