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8 Oct 2011, 3:27 pm
In honor of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winners – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, and Tawakkul Karman - we celebrate those countries named as the ten most peaceful by the Global Peace Index for 2011 - Iceland, New Zealand, Japan, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Austria, Finland, Canada, Norway, and Slovenia – and challenge American businesses to ramp up their charitable donations to peace organizations with the goal of moving the United States into… [read post]
7 Oct 2011, 3:01 pm
* * * Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is a giant in world history — the first woman elected President of an African country, she has made transparency and human rights a hallmark of her tenure. [read post]
7 Oct 2011, 12:42 pm
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images Today the Nobel Committee announced that it is awarding its Peace Prize to three women: Leymah Gbowee, Tawakkul Karman, and Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. [read post]
7 Oct 2011, 12:26 pm
[JURIST] The Norwegian Nobel Committee [official website] awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize [press release; video] on Friday to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman for their efforts in promoting women's rights. [read post]
7 Oct 2011, 10:10 am
The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize goes to 2 Liberians, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (below left) and Leymah Gbowee (below right), and to Tawakul Karman of Yemen (left). [read post]
2011 Nobel Peace Prize has "included the Arab Spring... but we have put it in a particular context."
7 Oct 2011, 5:37 am
" Sharing the prize are Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee.*** Ellen Johnson Sirleaf — Africa's first elected female head of state — is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin. [read post]
7 Oct 2011, 5:04 am
The winners were Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf — Africa’s first elected female president — her compatriot, peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakul Karman of Yemen, a pro-democracy campaigner. [read post]
7 Oct 2011, 3:50 am
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, is the current President of Liberia. [read post]
7 Oct 2011, 3:44 am
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 is to be divided in three equal parts between Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman. [read post]
6 Oct 2011, 9:00 am
Elections - With only a few days left before the constitutionally mandated general elections scheduled for October 11, 2011, the Liberian Supreme Court, on October 5, 2011, dismissed a petition challenging the eligibility of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf... [read post]
14 Jul 2011, 10:32 am
For example, Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's recent decision to grant presidential clemency to 14 individuals convicted of murder for a death they caused in the course of a TBO. [read post]
17 Apr 2011, 4:24 pm
On 23 November 2005, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected President of Liberia. [read post]
13 Dec 2010, 10:06 am
The series anticipates balloting next year, during which Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (right; prior IntLawGrrls posts), President since 2006, will vie for re-election. [read post]
23 Jun 2010, 10:30 pm
"A partial list of women heads of government or state to which Gillard now belongs:Laura Chinchilla of Costa Rica, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia, Doris Leuthard of Switzerland, Pratibha Patil of India, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of Argentina and Kyrgyzstan's interim government leader Roza Otunbayeva. [read post]
26 Apr 2010, 9:00 am
Government ethics - On April 20, 2010, Liberia's President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, sent a bill to the country's two legislative bodies, the Senate and the House of Representatives. [read post]
22 Dec 2009, 2:03 pm
The African Press Agency reports that President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has issued an Executive Order to protect anyone who discloses information about actions of impropriety against the public interest that is occurring, has occurred, or will occur in any public or private institution. [read post]
8 Jul 2009, 2:00 pm
In 2004, the civil war finally ended and Liberia democratically elected the first female president on the continent of Africa, her excellence Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in 2005. [read post]
6 Jul 2009, 9:12 am
[JURIST] Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf [BBC profile] should be subject to public sanctions, including a 30-year ban on holding public office, for her role in supporting the country's 1997-2003 civil wars, according to a final report [text, PDF] released Monday by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Liberia (TRC) [official website]. [read post]
6 Mar 2009, 9:46 am
Fernandez DeKirchner, President of Argentina since 2007 Zinaida Grecianii, Prime Minister of Moldova since 2008 Tarja Kaarina Halonen, President of Finland since 2000 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia since 2006 Borjana Kristo, President of the Federation of Bosnia since 2007 Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Philippines since 2001 Mary McAleese, President of Ireland since 1997 Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany since 2005 Pratibha Patil, President of… [read post]
17 Nov 2008, 6:54 am
The study will be presented by ZARD in March 2009 at the International Colloquium on Women’s Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security 2009 (Colloquium), a global forum spearheaded by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia and President Tarja Halonen of Finland designed to give African countries an opportunity to reflect and improve upon their commitments to empower women, particularly through political leadership. [read post]
