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Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai born April 1, 1940 in Ihithe village, Tetu division, Nyeri District of Kenya is an environmental and political activist. In 2004 she became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for "her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace". Dr. Maathai is also an elected member of Parliament and served as Assistant Minister for Environment and Natural Resources in the government of President Mwai Kibaki between January 2003 and November 2005. She is of Kikuyu ethnicity. Image File history File links Nobel_prize_medal. ...
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Education
Prof. Maathai went to Ihithe Primary School before moving to Loreto Convent Secondary School in Limuru. Limuru is a city in central Kenya. ...
After finishing school in Kenya, Maathai studied Biology in the United States and Germany. She received her Bachelor's degree in biology from Mount St. Scholastica (now Benedictine College) in 1964, and her Master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh, before returning to Nairobi. There, at the University of Nairobi, she earned the first Ph.D. awarded to an Eastern African woman (in veterinary medicine). In 1971, she became professor of veterinary anatomy at the University of Nairobi, and then later dean of her faculty. In 2002 Maathai accepted a position as Visiting Fellow at Yale University's Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry. For the song by Girls Aloud see Biology (song) Biology studies the variety of life (clockwise from top-left) E. coli, tree fern, gazelle, Goliath beetle Biology (from Greek: βίος, bio, life; and λόγος, logos, speech lit. ...
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Activism and political life In 1977, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, a grassroots environmental non-governmental organization, which has now planted over 30 million trees across Kenya to prevent soil erosion. She has come to be affectionately called "Tree Woman" or "The Tree Mother of Africa." Since then, she has been increasingly active on both environmental and women's issues. The Green Belt Movement is a grassroots non-governmental organization based in Kenya that focuses on environmental conservation, community development and capacity building. ...
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Maathai was also the former chairperson of Maendeleo Ya Wanawake (the National Council of Women of Kenya). In the 1980s her husband Mwangi Mathai, a politician whom she had married in 1969, divorced her, saying she was too strong-minded for a woman and that he was unable to control her. The judge in the divorce case agreed with the husband, and Wangari was put in jail for speaking out against the judge, who then decreed that she must drop her husband's surname. In defiance, Wangari chose to add an extra "a" instead.[1] Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Organisation (MYWO)is a womens NGO that deals with issues to do with womens rights and gender equity in Kenya. ...
During the regime of President Daniel Arap Moi, she was imprisoned several times and violently attacked for demanding multi-party elections and an end to political corruption and tribal politics. In 1989 Maathai almost single-handedly saved Nairobi's Uhuru Park by stopping the construction by Moi's business associates of the 60-story Kenya Times Media Trust business complex. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...
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In 1997, in Kenya's second multi-party elections marred by ethnic violence, she ran for the country's presidency, but her party withdrew her candidacy. Nevertheless, she was a minor candidate among several contenders.
In 2002 Maathai was elected to parliament when the National Rainbow Coalition, which she represented, defeated the ruling party Kenya African National Union. She has been Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Wildlife since 2003. She founded the Mazingira Green Party of Kenya in 2003. Politics of Kenya Categories: Politics stubs | Kenyan political parties ...
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The Mazingira Green Party of Kenya is an Kenyan Green Party, founded in 2003 by peace nobelist Wangari Maathai. ...
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In 2006 she was one of the eight flag bearers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony. Also on May 21, 2006 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by and gave the commencement address at Connecticut College. In November 2006, she spearheaded the United Nations Billion Tree Campaign. Neve and Gliz, the 2006 Olympics mascots, on display in Turin The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. ...
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In January 2007 Maathai hosted the Global Young Greens conference in Nairobi, where more than 120 young delegates of environmental, civil rights, peace, and social justice youth movements as well as youth organisations of green parties from all over the world are expected to come. The Global Young Greens (GYG) is an emerging universal organisation supporting and consolidating the efforts of young people working towards social justice, ecological sustainability, grassroots democracy and peace. ...
On January 28, 2007, Maathai returned to Benedictine College for the first time in over 15 years and spoke to the students at her alma mater.
She also endorsed the Forests Now Declaration, calling for new market-based mechanisms to protect forests. The Forests Now Declaration is a declaration that calls for a number of new market-based mechanisms to protect tropical forests. ...
In 2008, she will co-host the Global Greens Nairobi conference, which is expected to draw over 1,000 Greens from dozens of Green Parties around the planet. The Global Greens (or formally: the Global Green Network) are an organization of cooperating Green parties. ...
Her autobiography, Unbowed: One Woman’s Story, was released in September 30, 2006.
Nobel Peace Prize
 Maathai, holding a trophy awarded to her by the Kenya National Human Rights Commission "Maathai stood up courageously against the former oppressive regime in Kenya" the Norwegian Nobel Committee said in a statement announcing her as the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner. "Her unique forms of action have contributed to drawing attention to political oppression—nationally and internationally. She has served as inspiration for many in the fight for democratic rights and has especially encouraged women to better their situation." Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (742x1200, 866 KB) Prof. ...
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Controversy Controversy arose after the announcement of the Nobel award, when, according to Radio Free Europe, "News media in Africa -- including the Standard -- [...] have reported that Maathai has claimed HIV/AIDS was deliberately created by Western scientists to decimate the African population." [2]Radio Free Europe also reported that "Maathai denied making such allegations" and that "The Standard has stood by its reports." [3] Cover of Radio Liberty booklet The Most Important Job in the World Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a radio and communications organization which is funded by the United States Congress. ...
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In a 2004 interview with Time Magazine, in response to the question "you've said that AIDS is a biological weapon manufactured by the developing world to wipe out black people. do you still believe that?" Maathai replied, "I have always thought that it is important to tell people the truth, but I guess there is some truth that must not be too exposed" and when asked what she meant, she continued, "I'm referring to aids. I am sure people know where it came from. And I'm quite sure it did not come from the monkeys"[4] Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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In response she issued the following statement:
| “ | I have warned people against false beliefs and misinformation such as attributing this disease to a curse from God or believing that sleeping with a virgin cures the infection. These prevalent beliefs in my region have led to an upsurge in rape and violence against children. It is within this context, also complicated by the cultural and religious perspective that I often speak. I have therefore been shocked by the ongoing debate, generated by what I am purported to have said. It is therefore critical for me to state that I neither say nor believe that the virus was developed by white people or white powers in order to destroy the African people. Such views are wicked and destructive.[5] | ” |
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Bibliography - Max Andrews (Ed.): Land, Art: A Cultural Ecology Handbook. London, Royal Society of Arts, 2006 ISBN 978-0-901469-57-1 (Interview with Wangari Maathai)
- Wangari Maathai, Unbowed: A Memoir, Knopf, 2006. ISBN 0-307-26348-7
- Wangari Maathai, The Greenbelt Movement: Sharing the Approach and the Experience, Lantern Books, 2003. ISBN 1-59056-040-X
- Wangari Maathai, The Canopy of Hope: My Life Campaigning for Africa, Women, and the Environment, Lantern Books, 2002. ISBN 1-59056-002-7
- Wangari Maathai, Bottom is Heavy Too: Edinburgh Medal Lecture, Edinburgh UP, 1994. ISBN 0-7486-0518-5
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Notes - ^ "Conservation and Feminism: Africa's Greenheart." The Economist, 21 Sep 2006.
- ^ World: Africa's First Female Nobel Peace Laureate Accepts Award Amid Controversy Over AIDS Remarks
- ^ World: Africa's First Female Nobel Peace Laureate Accepts Award Amid Controversy Over AIDS Remarks
- ^ http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901041018-713166,00.html
- ^ from the Green Belt Movement website- Wangari Maathai's "The Challenge of AIDS in Africa"
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