Let’s celebrate International Women’s Day by remembering women around the world working towards peace.
![This International Women's Day, we rally again for women to participate meaningfully in the political process, writes Gbowee [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/201421214239223734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Leymah Gbowee is a peace activist, trained social worker, and women’s rights advocate who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011. Her leadership of the Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace is chronicled in her memoir, Mighty Be Our Powers, and the documentary, Pray the Devil Back to Hell.
Let’s celebrate International Women’s Day by remembering women around the world working towards peace.
![This International Women's Day, we rally again for women to participate meaningfully in the political process, writes Gbowee [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/201421214239223734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Rape in conflict is part of a continuum of gender violence that manifests itself in every corner of this globe.
