Select any link to see items in a related category.
more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Peace (130) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 2010s (106) 2011 (13) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Female (51) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1970s (3) 1979 (1) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Asia (96) Middle East (13) Yemen (1) Ta'izz (1) 18. Living Winners 18. Living Winners Alive (292) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name S-Z (143) T (32) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) K (52) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Islam (12) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 30 - 39 (40) 33 (4) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Community and Social Service Occupations (14) Counselors, Social Workers, and Other Community and Social Service Specialists (6) Social Workers (6) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Asia (83) Middle East (16) Yemen (1) complete name: Tawakel Karman nobel prize: peace award year: 2011 together with: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf together with: Leymah Gbowee prize share: Prize share: 1/3 rational: The Nobel Peace Prize 2011 was awarded jointly to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Tawakkol family name: Karman occupation: politician occupation: human rights activist occupation: journalist occupation: peace activist field of work: human rights description: Tawakel Karman is a Yemeni journalist, politician, and human rights activist. She leads the group "Women Journalists Without Chains," which she co-founded in 2005. She became the international public face of the 2011 Yemeni uprising that is part of the Arab Spring uprisings. She has been called the "Iron Woman" and "Mother of the Revolution" by Yemenis. She is a co-recipient of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first Yemeni, the first Arab woman, and the second Muslim woman to win a Nobel Prize and the second youngest Nobel Peace Laureate to date. Karman gained prominence in her country after 2005 in her roles as a Yemeni journalist and an advocate for a mobile phone news service denied a license in 2007, after which she led protests for press freedom. She organized weekly protests after May 2007 expanding the issues for reform. She redirected the Yemeni protests to support the "Jasmine Revolution," as she calls the Arab Spring, after the Tunisian people overthrew the government of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011. She has been a vocal opponent who has called for the end of President Ali Abdullah Saleh's regime. A Saudi cable leak from WikiLeaks revealed that while publicly denouncing Saudi Arabia she was secretly arranging meetings with the Saudis to request their support. Karman lavished praise on the Saudis for pushing through a transition agreement that for many reformers, was seen as a deep betrayal of the revolution. She accused Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi of supporting the Houthis and Al Qaeda. pronunciation: (Arabic: توكل عبد السلام خالد كرمان Tawakkul ‘Abd us-Salām Karmān; also Romanized Tawakul, Tawakel) image copyright: Photo: K. Opprann image citation: The Nobel Peace Prize 2011. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2011/summary/> date birth: 1979 usual name: Tawakel Karman
