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Liberia’s women in white: the non-violent movement that helped end 14 years of civil war
In December 2011, Leymah Gbowee was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her role in helping to end the devastating civil war in Liberia. She had mobilised thousands of women to take part in daily, ...
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Discoveries that changed the world: Meet UC’s women Nobel laureates
In winning the Nobel Prize, Ghez joined one of the smallest clubs in science. Of the 749 people who’ve won the prize in a scientific field — physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, or economics — ...
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From Nobel laureates to Booker Prize winners, women writers are commanding the world stage
Toni Morrison made history as the first Black woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy recognised her for her ‘visionary force and poetic import’, particularly in ...
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Nobel Prize winner talks gene editing ethics, science for non-scientists
Doudna and Charpentier won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their discovery of the CRISPR-Cas9 technique, a method of ...
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Now Fox News is suggesting Trump could win Nobel Peace Prize over tariffs
Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women ... to a Nobel Peace prize ...
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Economics Nobel to Claudia Goldin for women's participation in the global labor market
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize ... Alfred Nobel 2023 to Claudia Goldin, who has provided the first comprehensive account of women’s ...
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Malala’s bookshelf: Nobel laureate shares must-reads for Women’s History Month
Since winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, she has become a global symbol of women's resilience in the face of repression. In her Instagram post, Malala also spoke about her unexpected discovery ...