Wangari Muta Maathai was a Kenyan social, environmental and political activist and the first African woman to win the Nobel prize.
In 1977 she founded the Green Belt Movement = an environmental no=governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation and women’s rights.
The statement announcing her as winner of the Nobel Peace Prize by the Norwegian Nobel committee said
Maatha stands at the front of the fight to promote ecologically viable social economic and cultural development in Kenya and Africa. She has taken a holistic approach to sustainable development that embraces democracy, human rights and women’s rights in particular. Shae thinks globally and acts locally.
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