Deauville , France ( CNN ) -- Leymah Gbowee , the Liberian activist who last year won the Nobel Peace Prize , says she is disappointed with fellow winner Ellen Johnson Sirleaf , Liberia 's president , and believes laureates need to do more to spread the message of peace . `` I think there should be more required of us by the committee ... in terms of preaching the message , '' said Gbowee , who shared the 2011 prize with Johnson Sirleaf and Yemeni activist Tawakkol Karman . Read more : Three women 's rights activists share Nobel Peace Prize . All Nobel laureates should come together , particularly Peace Prize winners , `` to really sit down and talk about the impact we 're making on the world , '' she told CNN in an interview at the 8th Edition of the Women 's Forum Global Meeting in France . Gbowee is a member of the Nobel Women 's Initiative , established in 2006 by among others the late Wangari Maathai , which supports women 's rights globally . Over the years , the Norwegian Nobel Committee 's Peace Prize awards have come under scrutiny . Critics have questioned their choices and politics . Read more : African women look within for change . Many saw the award given to U.S. President Barack Obama in 2009 , during the first year of his presidency , as premature . Many also question the fact that Indian leader Gandhi never received the prize , despite a number of nominations . This year 's winner will be announced Friday . Gbowee is credited with helping to end Liberia 's civil war in 2003 by leading women in non-violent protest , including organizing `` sex strikes . '' This week , the outspoken and charismatic campaigner publicly criticized fellow laureate Johnson Sirleaf for failing to fight corruption and nepotism in Liberia . `` Let down by her , I wo n't say 100 % , but on certain issues , yes , '' Gbowee said . Gbowee , who helped Johnson Sirleaf get reelected to a second term last year , asked why the Liberian president 's three sons all have lucrative government posts . She called for Johnson Sirleaf , who became Africa 's first elected female head of state in 2005 , to make one of her sons step down from his job as chairman of the state-owned National Oil Company ( NOCAL ) . `` The public ( in Liberia ) has spoken , these are the people who voted for ( Johnson Sirleaf ) , '' she said of the outcry in Liberia over the appointment . Read more : Making it as a female movie mogul in Hollywood . Gbowee also resigned as head of the country 's reconciliation commission after less than a year because of her concerns . Gbowee acknowledges that Johnson Sirleaf has made progress during her time in office , particularly in building infrastructure and reducing debt in the war-scarred nation . Liberia is one of the world 's poorest and least developed countries . Fourteen years of conflict from 1989 to 2003 left an estimated 250,000 dead . But Gbowee says if Johnson Sirleaf does not `` put her foot down ( on corruption ) ... it 's really going to hurt not just her but future women 's leadership in Liberia . '' Gbowee describes winning the Nobel Peace Prize as a great platform for raising awareness of her work on peace and education . Gbowee is the head of the Ghana-based Women Peace and Security Network ( WPSN ) and has recently launched a foundation that funds Liberian girls through college . So far , she says , the foundation has helped 30 girls . She says she was under no illusions when she won the prize that it would translate into extra funding for her projects . `` Being a woman , and being African -- those are two things that ... make raising funds very difficult for peace work , '' she said . Read more : Words of wisdom from women of power . While she has yet to come to terms with the celebrity that accompanies winning the prize , Gbowee says the essence of what she does is still working in the community . `` What I do is not to be all red carpet and glam and cams ... when it becomes necessary to come on the red carpet , I should have a message from down there to bring to the red carpet . '' Her skills and profile beg the question of whether she has ambitions in the political arena . Gbowee would n't rule out running for political office in Liberia but said that she 's still young . `` I 'm just 40 . How can I translate this gift of a Nobel into a better life for girls on the continent of Africa in general and Liberia in particular ? That 's the quest that I 'm on right now . ''
Activist Leymah Gbowee shared the first year prize with Liberian president Gbowee . Gbowee says Gbowee has failed to to fight corruption and nepotism in Hollywood . Johnson Sirleaf has appointed her sons to lucrative government posts . Gbowee says Gbowee winners should be more focused on spreading peace .