Leymah Gbowee Activism Analysis

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Leymah Gbowee is a 2011 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Gbowee activism encompasses women's rights and peace in Liberia. Review of Leymah Gbowee: Unlock the intelligence, passion, greatness of girls. On March 28, 2012, Leymah Gbowee TED Talk was published on multiple online platforms, such as YouTube. Gbowee is a Nobel laureate, whose activism was provoked by the paralyzing exploitation of young girls and women in villages throughout Liberia. As an economically unstable single mother of four children, Gbowee efforts for helping other women and children was strained during the late 90s. She shared two accounts in which she was unable to assist others due to her own nuisances. She reflected on how she failed a mother and her child as well as an adolescent orphan girl. By not having the ability to yield the vital resources needed for basic human rights. Which included adequate schooling, sexual health education, and fundamental rights. Sexual exploitation of young girls and women is a substantial obstacle in Liberia's voyage into …show more content…

She shifted those failures into a project that aims to create a safe space for teen girls called the Young Girls Transformative project, which goes into rural communities and creates an atmosphere for self-discovery for teen mothers. As of 2012, the project has worked with over three hundred girls turning them into advocates for other teen mothers like themselves. Gbowee spoke about one of the teen mothers named Juanita whose selflessness is admirable. Juanita sells drinks and mobile recharging cards, with some of her earnings she helps to send other teen mothers back to school, although Juanita is unable to attend college due to her children and economic stance she wants to empower the lives of other teens like her, pushing them to succeed and to create a better future for their families through

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