More Women, More Peace. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, and Tawakul Karman accept Nobel Peace Prizes

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What an amazing thing to see today! Nobel Peace Prize laureates Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakul Karman spoke onstage today during the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway. The peace prize committee awarded the prize to Karman, Johnson-Sirleaf and Gbowee for championing women's rights in regions where oppression is common and helping women participate in peace-building.

Photo of the Day: Female Heads of State

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I came across this picture today and absolutely loved it. Glamour did a special last winter on women leaders around globe and put together this awesome picture. Don't you just love women in control?

The women listed include 11 of the world’s 18 female leaders.

From top: Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany; President Laura Chinchilla, Costa Rica; Prime Minister Iveta Radičová, Slovakia; Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Trinidad and Tobago.Middle Row, from left: President Dalia Grybauskaitė, Lithuania; Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh; Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Iceland; Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor, Croatia. Bottom Row, from left: President Roza Otunbayeva, Kyrgyzstan; President Tarja Halonen, Finland; President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia.

Those not pictured:

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina; Prime Minister Mari Johanna Kiviniemi, Finland; President Borjana Krišto, Bosnia and Herzegovina; President Doris Leuthard, Switzerland; President Pratibha Patil, India; Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Australia; President Mary McAleese, Ireland.

If you want to find out more about these women, visit Glamour.