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Annually, 3⃣ March commemorates #WangariMaathaiDay established by the African Union 🌍to pay tribute to her legacy fighting for #EnvironmentalJustice 🌱⚖️

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Prof. @WangariMaathai founded the @GreenBeltMovmnt aimed at addressing deforestation, environmental degradation, and its disproportionate impact on rural women. In 2004, Wangari was the 🥇 African woman to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize 🏆
In this video our East Africa Hub Director, Nyaguthii Chege @NyChege reflects on her legacy in protecting the #KaruraForest in Nairobi 🇰🇪

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In 2004, wangari Maathai was the first African woman to win a Nobel peace prize.

She was also the first woman in East and Central Africa to receive a PhD.

She was a trailblazer who fought for the environment and connected conservation to people's livelihood.
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Wangari Maathai was such a strong & independent woman that her husband filed for divorce citing she was " too strong minded for a woman" and he was " unable to control her"

After the divorce he wanted her to stop using his name so she changed it from mathai to Maathai💅🏽

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In 1977, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental organisation focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights.

As a professor at the university of Nairobi, she advocated for Equal Pay. She was a woman ahead of her time.
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LE RAGAZZE SALVERANNO IL MONDO
di @A_LisaCorrado
Acquistalo ora: bit.ly/annalisacorrado

Da #RachelCarson a #GretaThunberg: un secolo di lotta per la difesa dell’ambiente

prefazione di @RossellaMuroni
postfazione di @danieladucato

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Non è un caso che siano le donne a scandire, con la loro determinazione, la grande lotta del movimento ecologista e a offrire un punto di vista diverso, che forza le gabbie concettuali in cui ci siamo mossi per troppo tempo.
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Malgrado il potere crescente degli spacciatori di egoismo, malgrado i negazionisti, ancorati a un passato che ha già saccheggiato presente e futuro, sembra che stia scorrendo sotto traccia, inarrestabile, un’energia nuova.
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