She, along with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Tawakkul Karman, were awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work.
Njeni napori za zaključek vojne, s pomočjo sodelavke Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, so pripomogli k prehodu v obdobje miru in omogočili organizacijo svobodnih volitev leta 2005, na katerih je slavila Sirleafova.