the Aid Fund for Families of Martyrs says she 's given the money to a fund for victims of Yemen 's uprising . Karman , the Yemeni activist who in 2011 became the first Arab woman to be awarded the peace prize , says she has donated the $ 500,000 prize money to a fund for the people wounded and the families of those killed in Yemen 's Arab Spring-inspired uprising . `` This is my duty to the youths who sacrificed for change , '' she says . In February 2012 , she became the first Arab woman to be awarded Nobel . She played an active role in the protests against former ruler Leymah Gbowee .
the Aid Fund for Families of Martyrs says she 's given the money to a fund for victims of Yemen 's uprising . `` This is my duty to the youths who sacrificed for change , '' she says . In February 2012 , she became the first Arab woman to be awarded Nobel . She played an active role in the protests against former ruler Leymah Gbowee .