The Nobel Peace Prize 2004
Awarded on: 2004-10-08
"for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace"
Wangari Muta Maathai
Born: 1940-04-01 in Nyeri, Kenya
Gender: female
Field: Kenyan environmental and political activist (1940–2011)
Biography
Wangarĩ Maathai was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on planting trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. In 2004 she became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.