Nobel Prize speaker Tawakkol Karman received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 thanks to her fight for democracy and women’s rights in Yemen. Tawakkol ended up in jail several times due to her pro-human rights and pro-democracy protests. 

The Yemen’s Youth movement refers to her as the Iron Woman. They also call her the Mother of the Revolution and the Lady of the Arab Spring. Furthermore, speaker Tawakkol Karman is a journalist, human rights activist, and politician. She also established the Tawakkol Karman International Foundation and the Peaceful Youth Revolution Council.

TIME Magazine included Karman in their “100 most influential women defining the last century” list. They also listed her as one of the Most Rebellious Women in History. Currently, she is a Nobel Women initiative and Facebook oversight board member.

Tawakkol Karman often speaks for global universities and organizations. In 2019, she received the Social Entrepreneur of the Year award. In May 2022, she participated in the Oslo Freedom Forum by the Foundation for Human Rights in Norway.

The goal of the Oslo Freedom Forum is to increase awareness of human rights issues and motivate individuals. They raise awareness by bringing together activists and journalists from around the world to share ideas, expose abuses committed by authoritarian regimes, and build a global human rights network.