The Uppsala Association of International Affairs, in cooperation with Uppsala University, proudly presents two of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates of 2011, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakel Karman. They will hold a Nobel Peace Prize panel discussion in the University Aula on December 13, 3pm (15.00).

UF Uppsala has tickets that will guarantee the best seats in the aula. We will distribute them to our members at the “Lokstallarna” (outside the lecture halls) in Ekonomikum between December 7 and December 9, 10am-3pm (10-15). Tickets are free, but UF membership is required. However, signing up for one can be done in connection to the ticket distribution. A membership costs 100 SEK and is valid for twelve months. We only accept cash; no credit card payments are possible. Considering that demand for tickets will most likely be very high, we encourage you to get your ticket as soon as possible. In order to have a seat secured, a ticket is necessary.

Leymah Gbowee is a Liberian peace activist responsible for leading a woman’s peace movement that brought an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003. Tawakel Karman is a journalist and politician from Yemen, who became the public face of the 2011 Yemeni uprising against the Yemeni government. They were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize together with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work.”