, one of three recipients jointly awarded the , carried in the Olympic flag with seven other humanitarians during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
“It was an amazing experience and honor to join athletes, humanitarians, families, and supporters to highlight our collective talents and strengths,” said Gbowee in a post on her .
Gbowee received the Nobel Prize for her work in organizing a peace movement to end the Second Liberian Civil War. She shares the prize with and women鈥檚 rights activist .
A graduate of , Gbowee co-founded Women, Peace and Security Network Africa in the spring of 2006, with a fellow alumna, Thelma Ekiyor, and a third woman, Ecoma Alaga, who previously worked for an organization founded by two CJP alumni, the .