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Statement from Tawakkol Karman on the 6-year anniversary of the War in Yemen

Six years ago, Saudi Arabia began a brutal military intervention in Yemen, under the pretext that a powerful ...

Statement from Tawakkol Karman on Yemen ceasefire proposal

Any actions that could lead toward peace are welcome. Today’s Saudi ceasefire proposal can be a launchpad ...

Tawakkol Karman participates in 2021-BSAYS

The Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights activist Tawakkol Karman will participate in the British-South ...

Tawakkol Karman: Lame international approach to Yemen leads to no peace

The Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights activist Tawakkol Karman said that the UN's lame peace-building ...

Tawakkol Karman calls for international inquiry into Houthi crime of setting fire to African immigrants in Sana'a

The Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights activist, Tawakkol Karman, strongly condemned the Houthi act ...

Tawakkol Karman Bio

Tawakkol Karman is a human rights activist, journalist and politician. Known as the “mother of the revolution”, “the iron woman” and “the lady of the Arab Spring,” Karman played a key role in the 2011 pro-democracy youth uprising in Yemen. She was awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, along with Ellen John Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee, in recognition of her leadership in non-violent struggle and her advocacy against authoritarianism, corruption, and oppression. Karman is the first Arab woman and the second Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. and at the time was the youngest recipient at 32.