Wangari Maathai
Kenyan environmentalist who founded the Green Belt Movement and became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
- Born
- 1940, Kenya
- Died
- 2011
- Nobel
- Peace Prize 2004
Green Belt Movement
Founded in 1977, the movement organised women in rural Kenya to plant tens of millions of trees, linking environmental care with livelihoods and rights.
Public life
She campaigned for democracy and was elected to Kenya's parliament in 2002.