#Women4Multilateralism is a project initiated in 2022 by the Delegation
of the European Union and the Permanent Mission of Gabon in Geneva

#Women4Multilateralism is a project initiated in 2022 by the Delegation of the European Union and the Permanent Mission of Gabon in Geneva

Wangari Maathai

Kenya

Environmental activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Wangari Maathai was a Kenyan politician and environmental activist who was awarded as the first black African women the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. She was the founder of the Green Belt Movement, a grassroots organization focusing on poverty reduction and environmental conservation.

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