MONROVIA – The President George Manneh Weah, has hailed Nobel laureates attending the Nobel Women Initiative (NWI) in Monrovia for their invaluable roles and contributions to peace and development in their respective countries and urged them to remain focused on promoting global peace and unity. Speaking on behalf of the Nobel laureates, Madam Leymah Gbowee of the Gbowee Peace Foundation thanked President Weah and the Liberian government for supporting the ongoing NWI conference taking place at the Monrovia City Hall. Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee noted that the NWI was established to mentor young women and to create the platform to discuss critical issues affecting women and girls. The Nobel Women’s Initiative uses the prestige of the Nobel Peace Prize and six courageous women peace laureates—Mairead Maguire, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Jody Williams, Shirin Ebadi, Tawakkol Karman, and Leymah Gbowee—to magnify the power and visibility of women working in countries around the world for peace, justice and equality. The Nobel Women’s Initiative was established in 2006.

Source: Front Page Africa May 02, 2019 16:41 UTC