Nobel Prize awarded women 1901-2020: The Nobel Prize and Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded to women 58 times between 1901 and 2020.

Some Nobel Peace Prizes, motivations:
– ”for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict” (2018)
– “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education” (2014)
– “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work” (2011)
– “for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace” (2004)
– “for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children” (2003)

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