Tawakkol Karman

Tawakkol Karman is a Yemeni journalist, politician, and human rights activist who became a leading figure in Yemen’s 2011 pro-democracy uprising. She founded Women Journalists Without Chains, an organization advocating press freedom and human rights, and organized nonviolent protests against authoritarian rule. In 2011, she shared the Nobel Peace Prize for her advocacy of women’s rights, democracy, and peacebuilding, becoming the first Arab woman to receive the award.