WANGARI

MAATHAI

Leonor Silva Nº20 e Maria Andrade Nº21

Wangari Muta Maathai
Environmental, political and gender equality activist

Nationality: Kenyan

Birth: 1st April 1940;

Death: 25th September 2011;

She´s mainly known for being the first African

woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, in 2004.
Studies
 Studies

Wangari studied in the United States

(Kennedy Airlift);

She earned a bachelor´s degree

(Mount St. Scholastica) and a master
´s degree (University of Pittsburgh);

First woman in central and east Africa

to earn a doctorate (Ph.D –
University of Nairobi);

After graduation, she teached in the

Department of Veterinary Anatomy
Why was Wangari so important?
Wangari Maathai was an advocate for:
United Nations General Assembly

• The protection of our Planet;

• Human rights;
• AIDS prevention;
• Women´s rights
Politics
 Politics

• She officially entered Politics in the 1990

´s;

• She founded an environmental political

party named Mazingira;

• She got a place in the Kenyan Parlament

in 2002;

• She was Minister of the Environment

Environment
Wangari found a solution for environment problems, nominally desforestation:

Green Belt Movement

«It´s the little things citizens do. That´s
what will make the difference. My
little thing is planting trees»
- Wangari Maathai
Thank you for your
attention!