Leymah Roberta Gbowe, with her collaborator Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ,and WIPNET, were responsible for ending the second Liberia Civil War in 2003.
Together they led the Women of Liberia M ass Action of Peace (WIPNET) to end the civil war. They took hundreds of women to the hotel where the peace talks had stalled and stopped the negotiators from leaving until days later an agreement was reached…
*The peace hall has been seized by General Leymah and her troops *Abubaker
(Read the paragraph In June …)
The president of Liberia , Charles Taylor went into exile but was eventually apprehended and sentenced to 50 years imprisonment.
2005 Ellen-Johnson Sirleaf became the first woman president of Liberia.
2011 Leymah and Ellen shared the Nobel Peace prize with Tawakei Kaman.
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RISE: Extraordinary Women of Colour who Changed the World by Maliha Abidi
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