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Wangari Maathai was an elected member of the Parliament of Kenya and, between January 2003 and November 2005, served as Assistant Minister for Environment and Natural Resources in the government of President Mwai Kibaki. She was an Honorary Councillor of the World Future Council.
Jun 3, 2024 · Wangari Maathai (born April 1, 1940, Nyeri, Kenya—died September 25, 2011, Nairobi) was a Kenyan politician and environmental activist who was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize for Peace, becoming the first Black African woman to win a Nobel Prize.
Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize. Born on April 1, 1940 Wangari Maathai grew up in Nyeri County, located in the central highlands of Kenya.
Wangari Maathai is internationally recognized for her persistent struggle for democracy, human rights and environmental conservation. She has addressed the UN on several occasions and spoke on behalf of women at special sessions of the General Assembly for the five-year review of the earth summit.
Apr 2, 2014 · Wangari Maathai was a Kenyan political and environmental activist and her country's assistant minister of environment, natural resources and wildlife.
Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. She was also the first female scholar from East and Central Africa to take a doctorate (in biology), and the first female professor ever in her home country of Kenya.
Wangari Maathai (1940-2011) was the founder of the Green Belt Movement and the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. She authored four books: The Green Belt Movement; Unbowed: A Memoir; The Challenge for Africa; and Replenishing the Earth.
Wangari Maathai remains a potent example of how one person can be a force for change. The legacy of Wangari Maathai, however, remains incomplete. Wangari did so much more than create environmental and educational systems. She embodied values and character traits to which people aspire.
Curriculum Vitae. Wangari Muta Maathai, PhD, EBS. Personal. Date of birth: April 1, 1940. Nationality: Kenyan. Family: Three children (Waweru, Wanjira and Muta) Education. PhD, Anatomy, University of Nairobi (1971)
Sep 27, 2011 · NAIROBI, Kenya — Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan environmentalist who began a movement to reforest her country by paying poor women a few shillings to plant trees and who went on to become the...
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