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Shortly before she was announced as a Nobel Peace Laureate, Leymah Gbowee was on a book tour in the US. She gave Janie Rezner of Women’s Voices a passionate and wide-ranging interview about herself, her culture, the successful Liberian women’s peace movement, and why women must take our share of responsibility for politics and peacemaking.
Gbowee is an abuse counselor, a domestic abuse survivor, and a hereditary matriarch. She led Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace, which forced the negotiations that ended the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003. Their actions are featured in the film Pray the Devil Back to Hell. Gbowee authored the book Mighty Be Our Powers. She continues to work with women to make peace.
Credits:
Interview by Janie Rezner, of Women’s Voices, KZYX-FM. Edited for WINGS by Bea Bernhausen, series editor, Frieda Werden.
