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Ecologist Wangari Maathai won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her years of work with women to reverse African deforestation. Maathai went to college in the United States, earning degrees from Mt. St. Scholastica College (1964) and the University of Pittsburgh (1966). She returned to Kenya and earned her PhD. from the University of Nairobi (1971), then worked as a professor in their department of veterinary medicine. Maathai began the Green Belt Movement, a tree-planting program to reverse deforestation and provide firewood for Kenyan women. The program led to the planting of millions of trees and Maathai became a major political figure in Kenya. In 1997 she ran unsuccessfully for president and for a seat in Parliament, but in December of 2002 she was elected to Parliament, and in 2003 she was appointed by President Mwai Kibabi to the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Wildlife. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004, with the Nobel committee citing "her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace." She was the first African woman to win a Nobel.
Not long after winning the Nobel Prize, Maathai made headlines with the controversial suggestion that AIDS may have been a man-made biological agent. She later backtracked a bit, saying "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."
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 AFP | Rape wrecking communities in Darfur, Myanmar: Nobelists AFP - Jody Williams, who spearheaded a campaign banning antipersonnel landmines, and Wangari Maathai, an outspoken advocate for greater democracy in Africa, ... |
Kenyan judge blocks biofuel project African Energy News Review, South Africa - The court action is backed by Kenyan Nobel Laureate and environmentalist Wangari Maathai, who warned that the country would regret failing to protect its ... |
Children's Book Reviews Publishers Weekly, NY - Harcourt, $17 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-206545-4 Wangari Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner whose Green Belt Movement has planted 30 million trees in ... |
Ladies who say and do! Bangkok Post, Thailand - In 2006, the 10th female Nobel Peace Laureate, together with five of her sister Peace Laureates, Wangari Maathai, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Betty Williams, ... |
CHILDREN'S BOOKS Globe and Mail, Canada - The woman is Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, the first woman in Africa to be honoured in this way. Maathai left Kenya for four years ... |
When teachers spare the rod, they ruin the country Daily Nation, Kenya - Without spanking, we would not have any Nobel Peace Prize laureates like Wangari Maathai. In order to increase the number of Wangari Maathais, ... |
 BBC News | Kenya court halts biofuel project BBC News, UK - The court action is backed by Kenyan Nobel Laureate and environmentalist Wangari Maathai, who warned that the country would regret failing to protect its ... |
Democracy hits a string of setbacks in Africa Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - "Although we have seen some disappointing developments, we should not lose sight of the fact that progress has been made," said Kenya's Wangari Maathai, ... |
Just Say No To Biofuels Mother Jones, CA - Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai doesn't like it either. "We cannot just start messing around with the wetland because we need biofuel and sugar. ... |
Uganda: Do More to Help Darfur, Nobel Laureates Tell China AllAfrica.com, Washington - Laureates Wangari Maathai and Jody Williams, and American actress turned Darfur activist Mia Farrow visited Juba, as part of a tour starting from Burma and ... |
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