Peace Prize Goes To 3 Women

Africa’s first democratically elected female president, a Liberian campaigner against rape and a woman who stood up to Yemen’s autocratic regime won the Nobel Peace Prize today in recognition of the importance of women’s rights in the spread of global peace. The $1.5 million award was split three ways between Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, women’s rights activist Leymah Gbowee from the same African country and democracy activist Tawakkul Karman of Yemen — the first Arab woman to win the prize. The chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee told The Associated Press that Karman’s award should be seen as a signal that both women and Islam have important roles to play in the uprisings known as the Arab Spring, the wave of anti-authoritarian revolts that have challenged rulers across the Arab world/ Karl Ritter and Bjoern H. Amland , AP. More here. (AP photo: Yemeni activist Tawakkul Karman is one of three women to share the Nobel Peace Prize today.)

Question: Would we be better off if political power around the world was shared equally by men and women?