Thorbjoern Jagland, General Secretary of the Council of Europe and Norwegian chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize award announces the laureates of Nobel Prize 2011 in Oslo on October 7, 2011. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian "peace warrior" Leymah Gbowee, and Yemen's Arab Spring activist Tawakkul Karman on Friday won the Nobel Peace Prize. AFP PHOTO/ Terje Bendiksby / Scanpix

Thorbjoern Jagland, General Secretary of the Council of Europe and Norwegian chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize award announces the laureates of Nobel Prize 2011 in Oslo on October 7, 2011. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian "peace warrior" Leymah Gbowee, and Yemen's Arab Spring activist Tawakkul Karman on Friday won the Nobel Peace Prize. AFP PHOTO/ Terje Bendiksby / Scanpix

Thorbjoern Jagland, General Secretary of the Council of Europe and Norwegian chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize award announces the laureates of Nobel Prize 2011 in Oslo on October 7, 2011. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian "peace warrior" Leymah Gbowee, and Yemen's Arab Spring activist Tawakkul Karman on Friday won the Nobel Peace Prize. AFP PHOTO/ Terje Bendiksby / Scanpix

Gloria Steinem, left, African peace activist Leymah Gbowee and producer Abigail Disney, right, pose at a breakfast Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011 in New York to celebrate the launch of "Woman, War & Peace," a five-part PBS series about women who are changing the rules of engagement in conflict zones from Colombia to Bosnia, Afghanistan to Liberia. Gbowee stars in one of the episodes in the series premiering on Oct. 11 on PBS. (AP Photo/Starpix, Amanda Schwab)

A combination of three recent photos shows (from L) Yemen's Arab Spring activist Tawakkul Karman, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Liberian "peace warrior" Leymah Gbowee who won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize the jury announced on October 7, 2011. The three prizewinners share the 2011 award "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work," Norwegian Nobel Committee president Thorbjoern Jagland said in his announcement. AFP PHOTO== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

FILE - In this June 27, 2011 file photo, Yemeni activist Tawakkul Karman chants slogans along with anti-government protestors, during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen have won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

(FILES) Picture taken on June 24, 2011 of Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf addressing the political, economic and social issues affecting her country and the region during a speech at the United States Institutue of Peace in Washington. Sirleaf has been jointly awarded the Nobel Peace prize on October 7, 2011. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON

(FILES) Picture taken on June 24, 2011 of Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf addressing the political, economic and social issues affecting her country and the region during a speech at the United States Institutue of Peace in Washington. Sirleaf has been jointly awarded the Nobel Peace prize on October 7, 2011. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON

(FILES) Picture taken on June 24, 2011 of Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf addressing the political, economic and social issues affecting her country and the region during a speech at the United States Institutue of Peace in Washington. Sirleaf has been jointly awarded the Nobel Peace prize on October 7, 2011. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON

(FILES) PIcture taken on June 8, 2011 of Yemeni activist Tawakel Karman holding a press conference in Sanaa. Karman has been jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on October 7, 2011. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI

(FILES) Photo taken on January 26, 2011 of Yemeni activist Tawakel Karman taking part in a protest two days after being released on parole in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Karman has been jointly awarded the Nobel Peace prize on October 7, 2011. AFP PHOTO/GAMAL NOMAN

CAPTION CORRECTION, CORRECTS SPELLING OF FIRST NAME IN FIRST SENTENCE - FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2011 file photo, Yemeni activist Tawakkul Karman, who was jailed for leading protests at the weekend, holds a rose during an anti-government protest in Sanaa, Yemen. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen have won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

(FILES) Picture taken on January 24, 2011 shows crowds gathering as activist Tawakel Karman is released on parole in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, after being detained over the weekend on charges of inciting disorder. Karman has been jointly awarded the Nobel Peace prize on October 7, 2011. AFP PHOTO/GAMAL NOMAN

FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011 file photo, Yemeni activist Tawakkul Karman chants slogans calling on President Ali Abdullah Saleh to leave the government and follow Tunisian ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali into exile during a protest in Sanaa, Yemen. The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday, Oct. 7, 2011 to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen for their work on women's rights. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2010 file photo, Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf talks during the second day of the third Africa-EU Summit in Tripoli, Libya. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen have won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

(FILES) Photo taken on May 27, 2010 shows Liberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf speaking during a meeting with US President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. Sirleaf has been awarded the Nobel Peace prize for 2011 on October 7, 2011. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN

(FILES) This picture taken on November 19, 2007 shows Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf visiting the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian "peace warrior" Leymah Gbowee, and Yemen's Arab Spring activist Tawakkul Karman on Friday won the Nobel Peace Prize, the jury said on October 7, 2011. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2006 file photo, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, addresses the audience at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen have won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)

(FIELS) This picture taken on January 16, 2006 shows Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf shortly after being sworn-in during her Inauguration Ceremony at the Capitol Building in Monrovia. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian "peace warrior" Leymah Gbowee, and Yemen's Arab Spring activist Tawakkul Karman on Friday won the Nobel Peace Prize, the jury said on October 7, 2011. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON

(FILES) This picture taken on January 16, 2006 in Monrovia shows Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf after taking the oath of office, becoming Africa's first elected woman head of state in a country torn apart by 14 years of civil war. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian "peace warrior" Leymah Gbowee, and Yemen's Arab Spring activist Tawakkul Karman on Friday won the Nobel Peace Prize, the jury said on October 7, 2011. AFP PHOTO SEYLLOU