She says she 's giving the money to a fund for victims of 2011 's uprising . Hadi assumed power in February 2012 in a deal that forced the previous president , Ali Abdullah Saleh , to trade his position for immunity after a year of political unrest ` ` This is my duty to the youths who sacrificed for me , '' she says . In 2011 , she became the first Arab woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize . She played an active role in the protests against former ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh .
She says she 's giving the money to a fund for victims of 2011 's uprising . ` ` This is my duty to the youths who sacrificed for me , '' she says . In 2011 , she became the first Arab woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize . She played an active role in the protests against former ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh .