Tawakkul Karman activista yemeni ganadora del Premio Nobel de la Paz

Karman declaró: “Le prometí al pueblo de Yemen, a los jóvenes, a todo el pueblo, mujeres, niños, les dije después de que anunciaron que había ganado el premio Nobel de la paz, que lo primero que voy a hacer es presentar el expediente del criminal Ali Saleh ante la Corte Penal Internacional. Estoy aquí para decirle a la Corte que tiene que juzgar a Ali Saleh y su régimen, ya que han cometido asesinatos". Diciembre -2011

Estamos celebrando el reciente anuncio de que las mujeres activista  por los derechos  humanos, la yemení Tawakkul Karman, junto con Ellen Johnson Sirleaf  y  Leymah Gbowee de Liberia, hayan  ganado el Premio Nobel de la Paz!

Hoy celebramos que el  seguimiento del positivo  trabajo de estas valientes mujeres a través de los medios de comunicación  haya  llevado a este reconocimiento de la comunidad internacional y haya ayudado a impulsar sus esfuerzos para continuar con su trabajo en la construcción de la paz y el cambio positivo.

We are celebrating the recent announcement that Yemeni women’s rights activist Tawakkul Karman, together with Liberia’s Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee, has won the Nobel Peace Prize!
CGNews has highlighted Tawakkul Karman’s leadership in promoting human rights, women’s political participation and government reform through nonviolent protests through three articles focusing on her amazing work – and that of other women’s rights activists in the Arab Spring:
A woman leading change in Yemen by Alice Hackman, 1 March 2011
Make sure women can lead in the Middle East by Carla Koppell and Haleh Esfandiari 08 March 2011
The women of the Arab spring: from protesters to parliamentarians? by Natana J. DeLong-Bas, 14 June 2011
Over 140 news outlets highlighted these articles, including McClatchy Tribune News Service, USA Today and Sacramento Bee in the United States, Turkey’s Hurriyet Daily News and Yemen's Yemen Times, Al Hadath and Al Masdar.

Today, we celebrate that highlighting these courageous women’s positive work through the media – including CGNews – has led to such recognition from the international community and helped fuel their efforts to continue their work in peacebuilding and positive change. We want to take this opportunity to thank our valued readers, and hope that you will share this story with your friends, family and colleagues!