In 2004, Kenyan Wangari Maathai became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She was an environmentalist and human rights activist who founded the Green Belt Movement in the 1970s.

But I couldn’t just give up… because what we were ... dedication was recognised in 2004, when she won a Nobel Peace Prize. Wangari Maathai was born in Kenya in 1940. Having studied biology ...

Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai of Kenya told 300 leaders and citizens Sunday night in Palo Alto. With a flashing smile, Maathai told stories about her own efforts and even used a fable ...

No Kenyan attests to this better than former Tetu MP Prof Wangari Maathai. Her winning of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize makes her one ... The country did little to give her the heroic status she ...

Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work on environmentalism and social justice ... Maathai continued to protest until their release the following ...

The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize winner has ... will receive a cash award of around $1 million. Other past winners include Kenya’s ...

Last Thursday, I was privileged to participate at the well-attended third anniversary of the late Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai ... when she won the Nobel Peace Prize. We were then colleagues ...

Kenyan environmentalist and activist Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her contributions to sustainable development, democracy, and peace. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ...