(DP.net).- Participatory Democracy Cultural Iniciative, Inc. (PDCI) congratulates the Nobel Committee's selection of three peace loving women for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee, and Yemeni democracy leader Tawakkul Karman, received the award in recognition of "their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work."
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became Liberia's first democratically elected female president in 2006, three years after that country's bloody civil war ended. During the 14-year conflict, more than 200,000 people perished. Upon hearing news of the award, President Johnson Sirleaf credited her countrymen with Liberia's current stability: "I'm accepting this on behalf of the Liberian people, so credit goes to them... For the past eight years, we have had peace and each and every one of them has contributed to this peace."
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