Leymah Gbowee

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in London today to Leymah Gbowee and Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (the first woman to be elected president in modern Africa).

Gbowee and President Johnson Sirleaf are both featured in Women, War & Peace, a five-part series that examines the dangers women face in today’s modern war zones. Their bold story is told in “Pray the Devil Back to Hell,” which explores how a group of Liberian women took on warlords and a dictator to bring peace to their war-torn country. The film airs on October 30. Gbowee is also featured in the final chapter of the series, “War Redefined” (airing November 20).

Women, War & Peace airs Sundays beginning October 23 at 9 p.m. on WLIW21.

Watch Leymah Gbowee on Tavis Smiley, where she discusses the importance of and challenges faced by women in politics and the significance of the nation’s first woman president: