Left, Leymah Gbowee in September; center: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the Liberian president, on Friday; right: Tawakul Karman in Sana, Yemen, on Friday.Read here.
Quotes from NYT:
“We cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the world unless women obtain the same opportunities as men to influence developments at all levels of society,” said the citation read by Thorbjorn Jagland
In Yemen on Friday, Ms. Karman, 32, sat in a tent where she has been living since February as part of the sit-in organized to press demands for change. “This is the victory of our peaceful revolution,” she said. “I am so happy and I give this award to all of the youth and all of the women across the Arab world, in Egypt, in Tunisia.”
“We cannot build our country or any country in the world without peace,” she said.
Place this in context of our understanding of the way war affects women's health. From your text:
"Economic globalization has facilitated wars worldwide that affect women's health . . . . 80% of refugees are women and children . . . Wars limit access to clean water, food, shelter etc. Armed conflict threatens women's rights, including repro. rights and health, and can exacerbate culturally-rooted gender inequalities."
Conditions caused by war "often result in higher maternal mortality rates."
"Rape, sexual exploitation, and sex for survival during war leads to early pregnancies and puts w at greater risk of HIV/AIDS, STIs, and increase of often unsafe abortions, psychological harm, and immediate and serious physical injuries, such as infertility, obstetric fistula, and vaginal bleeding."
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