Women in the World: Nobel Laureates at Odds

Week of October 10, 2012 Gbowee vs. Sirleaf 1. Nobel Smackdown in Liberia Two women who rescued a country from civil war—and who shared a Nobel Peace Prize for doing so—now might need a peace plan of their own. On Monday, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee criticized her longtime ally Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the Liberian president, for not doing enough to combat government corruption. Gbowee's comments, in a BBC radio interview, coincided with her resignation as head of Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a group designed to report on human-rights violations during the war and to promote peace and security. Abigail Pesta of The Daily Beast describes the powerful women's relationship—and what the controversy means for struggling postwar Liberia. Read it at The Daily Beast Going to Extremes 2. CBS's Holly Williams on Having It All Just weeks after giving birth to a baby girl, journalist Holly Williams headed to the jungles of Burma, bedding down in bamboo huts for a story on tribal soldiers. Then she flew to Rangoon to cover the release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest. All the while, she was pumping breast milk every few hours to make sure she could still produce milk upon returning home. "It was me putting pressure on myself," she says. "I felt that I had to prove I wouldn't be slowed down in any way by having a baby." In a candid interview with Abigail Pesta, the CBS News correspondent, now on the Syrian border, describes reporting—and parenting—from danger zones. Read it at The Daily Beast RECOVERY 3. Pakistani Girl's Surgery 'Successful' Take that, Taliban. Surgeons in Pakistan said on Wednesday that they had successfully removed a bullet from a 14-year-old who had campaigned for women's rights, while the Taliban claimed responsibility for the shooting. Malala Yousafzai and two other girls were injured as they left school in Pakistan's Swat Valley on Tuesday, with militants saying they targeted her because she "promoted secularism." Her family told the BBC that they had never thought about getting security because they did not think militants would target a young girl. Yousafzai gained international attention in 2009 when she published her diary about life under the Islamic militants. Read it at The Daily Beast GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast.

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