A course in Peace

Won the world's first national women's vote in 1893.

First non-European Nobel laureate; wrote two nations' anthems.

Turned nonviolent resistance into a working political technology.

Twenty-seven years in prison, then negotiated the end of apartheid without civil war.

Letter from Birmingham Jail and a movement that rewrote American law.

Africa's first elected woman head of state; rebuilt post-war Liberia.

UN Secretary-General who put human security at the centre of the organisation.

Lent $27 of his own money and started a global industry for the poor.

Green Belt Movement founder; 51 million trees and a democracy campaign.

Brokered peace across five Central American wars.

Fifteen years under house arrest; later a contested civilian leader.

Ended a 52-year civil war by negotiated accord.

Freed tens of thousands of children from bonded labour.

Surgeon who has treated tens of thousands of survivors of wartime sexual violence.

Indigenous rights advocate whose testimonio reached the world.

Led the women's movement that ended Liberia's civil war.

Negotiated the Eritrea peace accord; later a contested wartime leader.

Journalist who led Yemen's 2011 uprising.

Shot for going to school; now the youngest Nobel laureate in history.