Wangari Maathai Ndii

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:advocatesFor gptkb:politics
human rights
reforestation
sustainable development
women's empowerment
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Wangari_Maathai
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Legion_of_Honour
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Order_of_the_Rising_Sun
gptkb:Indira_Gandhi_Prize
gptkb:Right_Livelihood_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1940-04-01
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Ihithe,_Nyeri,_Kenya
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:cancer
gptkbp:children gptkb:Muta_Maathai
gptkb:Wanjira_Maathai
gptkb:Waweru_Maathai
gptkbp:deathDate 2011-09-25
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Nairobi,_Kenya
gptkbp:educatedAt gptkb:University_of_Pittsburgh
gptkb:University_of_Nairobi
gptkb:Mount_St._Scholastica_College
gptkbp:fieldOfWork environmentalism
sustainable development
women's rights
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Green_Belt_Movement
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wangari Maathai Ndii
gptkbp:influenced environmental activism in Africa
gptkbp:languageSpoken English
Swahili
Kikuyu
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Kenyan_Parliament
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Kenyan
gptkbp:notableAchievement First African woman to win Nobel Peace Prize
First woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Green_Belt_Movement
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:professor
environmentalist
politician
gptkbp:positionHeld Assistant Minister for Environment and Natural Resources
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:The_Challenge_for_Africa
gptkb:Unbowed:_A_Memoir
Replenishing the Earth
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Catholicism
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mwangi_Mathai
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:David_Ndii
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6