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Nobel Prize Winners
Nobel Prize Winners:
Nobel Laureate & Human Rights Activist
Archbishop Desmond Tutu is a world-renowned human rights activist and Nobel Laureate. Beginning with his opposition to apartheid in South Africa, he has worked tirelessly to spread peace, justice and democracy.
Executive Director, ICAN & Nobel Prize Winner
Beatrice Fihn is the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and has over a decade of experience in disarmament diplomacy and civil society mobilization through her work with ICAN. She has delivered lectures on weapons law, humanitarian law and more.
2014 Nobel Peace Prize Winner & Child Rights’ Activist
Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi has been a tireless global advocate of children’s rights for four decades now. He left a lucrative career and started Save the Childhood Movement to rescue children from the shackles of slavery.
First Female President of Liberia
Sirleaf, “Africa’s Iron Lady,” is the continent’s first democratically-elected woman leader and a Nobel Peace Prize-winning advocate for freedom, justice, women’s empowerment and democracy.
Nobel Laureate & Global Leader
The former President of Poland, speaker Lech Walesa won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending Poland's Communist leadership.
Nobel Laureate
The founder and managing director of Grameen Bank, speaker Muhammad Yunus is a Nobel Peace Prize winner who is respected for his work toward eradicating world poverty.
Nobel Prize-Winning Human Rights Activist
Tawakkol Karman is a Yemeni journalist, politician, human rights activist and the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. As the face of the Yemeni uprising, she was instrumental in helping shape the Arab Spring.
Former French Minister of Foreign Affairs
The founder of Doctors Without Borders, Bernard Kouchner is known as an independent thinker. He offers his skilled perspective on uniting people behind a purpose and the value of redirecting organizations.