Leymah Gbowee date of birth:
February 1, 1972
How old is Leymah Gbowee?
52
Where was Leymah Gbowee born?
Central Liberia
Leymah Gbowee body shape:
Large
What color are Leymah Gbowee's eyes?
Black
What color is Leymah Gbowee's hair?
Black
What is Leymah Gbowee's ethnicity?
Black
What is Leymah Gbowee nationality?
Liberian
What is Leymah Gbowee's occupation?
Peace activist
Short Biography
Leymah Roberta Gbowee (born 1 February 1972) is a Liberian peace activist responsible for leading a women's peace movement that helped bring an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003. Her efforts to end the war, along with her collaborator Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, helped usher in a period of peace and enabled a free election in 2005 that Sirleaf won. This made Liberia the first African nation to have a female president. She, along with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Tawakkul Karman, were awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work."