throughout history, female explorers have not only had to face the harsh realities of rugged terrain, but also the ghosting ...

Professor Wangari Maathai contributed over many decades to furthering the ideals and objectives of the United Nations. A globally recognized champion for human rights and women’s empowerment ...

Kenyan Wangari Maathai became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She was an environmentalist and human rights activist who founded the Green Belt Movement in the 1970s. She focused ...

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Ms Kagiri said Prof Maathai would facilitate women groups within ... At Ihithe Village, home to the late Prof Wangari, Peter Muta Nderitu, a nephew to the late explained his aunt's passion for ...

The Green Belt Movement, the organization Maathai founded to safeguard the environment, joined forces with the Conservation ...

Hello! I am very pleased to meet you! My name is Wangari Maathai. In my country of Kenya, I became famous for helping groups of local people, and protecting the environment. That’s not how ...

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Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work on environmentalism and social justice. She was born in 1940 into a Kenya still under British colonial rule ...

The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) launched the first Wangari Maathai Award in 2012 to honour the memory of Kenyan Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai, who championed forests around the ...