Nobel Peace Prize

Campaigners and contributions recognised by the Nobel Peace Prize.

People in Nobel Peace Prize

10 profiles

Campaigning against child labour and for children’s right to education.

Campaigning for survivors of wartime sexual violence and the Yazidi community.

Treating survivors of sexual violence and demanding accountability for its use in war.

Uniting Liberian women across religious lines in a movement for peace.

Bringing international attention to Indigenous rights and violence against Guatemala’s Maya communities.

Opposing apartheid and chairing South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Defending human rights in Iran and becoming the first Iranian Nobel Peace laureate.

Leading nonviolent protests and campaigning for press freedom and women’s rights in Yemen.

Developing Grameen Bank’s microcredit model for people excluded from conventional lending.

Helping organise the international campaign to ban anti-personnel landmines.