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Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist. In 1977, she spearheaded the struggle against state-backed deforestation in Kenya and founded the Green Belt Movement, which has planted some 45 million trees in the country. She has also been an outspoken advocate for women’s rights and democratic development. She won the Right Livelihood Award in 1984. Twenty years later she won the Nobel Peace Prize. She died on Sept. 25, 2011 at the age of 71.

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HeadlineJul 26, 2021

COVID Cases Skyrocket in Southeast Asia, with Children Making Up 12.5% of Indonesian Death Toll

StorySep 29, 2011

Nobel Peace Prize, Right Livelihood Winner Wangari Maathai (1940-2011)

StorySep 25, 2009

Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai: If US Moves Forward on Climate Change, Rest of World Will Follow

StoryApr 10, 2009

The Challenge for Africa: Kenyan Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai on Obama, Climate Change and War

StoryOct 01, 2007

Unbowed: Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai on Climate Change, Wars for Resources, the Green Belt Movement and More

StorySep 20, 2005

Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai and Son of Executed Nigerian Activist Ken Wiwa Discuss Oil and the Environment

StoryMar 08, 2005

Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai on the Environment, the War in Iraq, Debt and Women’s Equality

StoryDec 10, 2004

African Ecologist & Activist Wangari Maathai Awarded 2004 Nobel Peace Prize

StoryOct 21, 2004

Daughter of 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai Discusses her Mother, Kenya and the Environment

StoryOct 08, 2004

Kenyan Environmentalist Wangari Maathai Wins Nobel Peace Prize

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