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Ellen
Johnson
Sirleaf
Liberia
"For their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and
for women's rights to full participation in peace-building
work"
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Leymah
Gbowee

Tawakel
Karman
Yemen
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2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was divided, one half jointly to Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A.
Hoffmann "for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity" and the other half to Ralph M.
Steinman "for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity".

2011 Nobel Prize in Literature

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2011 is awarded to Tomas Transtrmer "-ecause, through his condensed,
translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality".

2011 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic
Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
The 2011 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was awarded jointly
to Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims "for their empirical research on cause and effect in the
macroeconomy"

2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to Dan Shechtman for the discovery of quasicrystals.