2007-9-13

Chinanews.com, October 8th, 2004:It was reported by Routers that Wangari Maathai,the vice minister of ministry of environment and nature resources of Kenya, as announced by Sweden Nobel Committee on 8th, was awarded the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution in sustainable development, democracy and peace. Maathai, therefore, was the 12th female winner in the history of Nobel Peace Prize.

The other eleven female winners of Nobel Peace Prize since the first foundation of Nobel Prize in 1901 are as follows:

2003: Shirin Ebadi, famous female writer, lawyer and human right defender, Iran

1997: Jody Williams, Coordinator dedicated in International Campaign to Ban Landmines, USA

1992: Rigoberta Mench¨², leader of human rights activities, Guatemala

1991: Aung San Suu Kyi, Social activist, Burma

1982: Alva Myrdal, Minister of Disarmament, Sweden

1979: Mother Teresa, Leader of Missionaries of Charity, India

1976: Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan, Founder of the Northern Ireland Peace Movement (later renamed Community of Peace People)

1946: Emily Greene Balch, Honorary International President, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, USA

1931: Jane Addams, Sociologist; International President, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, USA

1905: Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita von Suttner, Honorary President of Permanent International Peace Bureau, Berne, Switzerland; Author of Lay Down Your Arms, Austria