According to a report by the BNA she has become the first Arab woman to win the prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited Karman and the two other winners for their “non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work”.
The 32-year-old mother of three founded Women Journalists Without Chains in 2005 and is hailed as one of the most prominent activist and advocate of press freedom, women’s rights and human rights.
Karman, who is the daughter of politician and jurist Abdulsalam Khalid Karman, has become the first Arab woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
She follows in the steps of late Egyptian President Anwar Al-Sadate (1978) and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (1994) as well as former International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director-general Dr. Mohammed Al-Baradai (2005).