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Ecologist Wangari 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 fromt. 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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Maathai says conservation needs stable governments WREG, TN - AP - May 1, 2008 5:44 PM ET LITTLE ROCK (AP) - Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai (wan-GAH-ree mah-DHEYE) of Kenya says good governance is essential to ... |
Kibaki and Raila ignored Kenyans, says Maathai Daily Nation, Kenya - Nobel peace laureate Prof Wangari Maathai Thursday criticised the swearing-in of the bloated Cabinet saying it did not reflect the wishes of majority of ... |
 AFP | Nobel laureate Maathai withdraws from Olympic torch relay AFP - NAIROBI (AFP) — Kenya's Nobel Peace laureate Wangari Maathai has pulled out of the Olympic torch relay in which she was due to take part over the weekend in ... |
Maathai pulls out of Olympic torch relay Daily Nation, Kenya - Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai has pulled out of the Olympic torch relay to be held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. While announcing the reasons for her ... |
Maathai calls for power-sharing Daily Nation, Kenya - Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai Wednesday appealed to President Kibaki and Prime Minister-designate Raila Odinga to agree on a power-sharing deal to avoid ... |
Kenya: Maathai Calls for Resolution AllAfrica.com, Washington - Nobel Peace Prize winner, Prof Wangari Maathai, has called for a speedy resolution of the Cabinet stalemate. She told President Kibaki and Prime ... |
Nobelist Maathai honored in upstate NY Staten Island Advance - SILive.com, NY - AP VIDEO AP GENEVA, NY (AP) — Environmentalist Wangari Maathai got her idea for a tree-planting campaign to stave off deforestation in Kenya while trying to ... |
Nobel Peace Prize winner arrives in Little Rock KUAR, AR - (2008-05-01) Dr. Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, says all citizens, regardless of age or economic status, ... |
Kenyans Showed Gratitude to Kofi Annan Voice of America - By James Butty Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Wangari Maathai of Kenya said she hopes Kenyans will offer whatever assistance they can to help Zimbabwe deal ... |
Growing democracy, one tree at a time MPNnow.com, NY - By Hilary Smith, staff writer Wangari Maathai is a mother, a Kenyan, an activist, an author, a veterinarian and a biologist. In 2004, she became the first ... |
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