Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee’s journey from teenager to world leader began on a dusty football field near the fish market in Monrovia, Liberia. It was there that she she sat every day ...

NEW YORK, USA – MARCH 06: Liberian peace activist and 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee speaks at the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020 on March 6, 2020 at ...

Leymah Gbowee’s journey from a childhood in Liberia to inspirational speaker at a Beverly Hills salon may be a distance too great to measure in years or miles. The peace activist, 43, who shares ...

Two giants of the women’s rights movement, Gloria Steinem and Nobel laureate Leymah Gbowee, have teamed up for a picture book with the mission of inspiring young people to change the world.

Editor's Note: Leymah Gbowee is a Liberian activist. In 2011 she received the Nobel Peace Prize. The opinions in this article belong to the author. Earlier this year, my daughter Pudu attended the ...

In the summer of 1990, two decades before she would win the Nobel Peace Prize, Leymah Gbowee was a frightened 18-year-old huddled in the courtyard of her church in Liberia, expecting the worst. In the ...

WSHU Reporter Ebong Udoma speaking with Leymah Gbowee, Liberian peace activist and Nobel laureate, in Danbury, Conn., in February. Ebong Udoma, WSHU’s senior political reporter, recently met ...

Leymah Gbowee: The Dream Through her activism to topple Liberia’s dictator, Leymah Gbowee was able to restore her own faith in humanity. Part 1 of “Three Short Films About Peace.” ...

FILE - Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee, from Liberia, addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018.