Leymah Roberta Gbowee, born in Monrovia, Liberia in 1972, is a Social Worker by Profession with over ten years experience as a Case Worker and Peacebuilding Practitioner. She is presently the Executive Director of Women Peace and Security Network Africa (WIPSEN-Africa).
As a Case Worker, she worked with the Ministry of Health Displaced Shelter as a Counselor for refugees from September 1995 to March 1996, and with the Trauma Program of the Lutheran Church of Liberia and the Lutheran World Federation/World Service from May 1998 to March 2003. She was also the Liberian Program Coordinator for Women in Peacebuilding (WANEP) from December 2001 to December 2005. Gbowee also worked as a Commissioner Designate for Liberia Truth and Reconciliation Commission from February 2004 to October 2005.
From June 2006 to May 2007, she was a Regional Consultant for Women Peace and Security Network Africa (WIPSEN-Africa), and in July 2007, she was appointed Executive Director of the organization. In recognition of her role in the Liberian Peace Process, the Women’s Leadership Board of the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University gave its 2007 Blue Ribbon Award to her. Gbowee has also received numerous other honors such as that of The White House Project, the Gruber Prize and the Crystal Award for Peace Building.
She is the central character of a documentary entitled “Pray the Devil Back to Hell”, a film awarded Best Documentary at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
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