Prof Wangari Maathai, Africa's first woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize On the 25th of September 2011, the world lost one of its biggest legends, a phenomenal woman known for standing for whatever ...

Prof Wangari Prof Wangari Maathai was born in Ihithe village, Nyeri on April Fool’s Day, 1940 She was a lady of many firsts includig being the first East and Central African woman to earn a doctorate ...

Back in May of this year Wangari Maathai presented a message to the third international Nobel Women's Initiative gathering, focusing on ending sexual violence in conflict. This video was originally ...

Nairobi — Africa needs to remain focused and continue following the late Professor Wangari Maathai's initiatives for environmental sustainability in order to address climate change across the ...

Dorceta Taylor, a pioneering scholar who has dedicated her career to dismantling barriers and fostering inclusivity within the environmental movement, has been appointed the Wangari Maathai Professor ...

If all we do is fight, we won’t be able to forge coalitions that are broad, deep and strong enough to confront our biggest problems.

Tweets keep flowing in honor of Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan environmental and political activist who died last week after a battle with cancer. Wangari will be accorded a state ...

(Reuters) - Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her campaigns to save Kenyan forests, died in hospital on Sunday after a long struggle with ovarian cancer.

Professor Wangari Maathai contributed over many decades to furthering the ideals and objectives of the United Nations. A globally recognized champion for human rights and women’s empowerment, ...

The winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, Professor Wangari Maathai, has received death threats following her plea to Kenyan political leaders to reach a peaceful agreement. On 19 February, Professor ...