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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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https://twitter.com/NyChege/status/1592237620343746560?s=20

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♻️💚"There is a symbiotic relationship between nature and humans- if we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves. We cannot work on our own, we have to take communal action" - @NyChege ✊

🌳 In January 1999 #WangariMaathai & Greenbelt Movement supporters were violently attacked while trying to plant trees in the Karura forest after many were destroyed by real estate developers
Read here👉🧾 africa.upenn.edu/Urgent_Action/…

"We want justice!"
"If we are going to shed blood for our #land, we will!" "We are used to it. This is my blood” - @WangariMaathai

⏯️facebook.com/greenbeltmovem… 📽️

🪶🛡️Indigenous peoples & #defenders continue to face violence & murder for protecting their land from colonialism, extraction, destruction, #biodiversity loss & a worsening #ClimateCrisis

🫡 This #AfricaEnvironmentDay we salute #WangariMaathai & all indigenous women, peoples & #environmental defenders across the global south and the south-in-the-north who are fighting for our liberation & self-determination.
The people united will never be defeated ✊✊✊

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