Unit 6: Gender Equality - Communication And Culture

An advocate for Kenyan women and environment Wangari Maathai has become an international ______because of her persistence in the struggle for democracy, human rights and environmental conservation. Maathai is best known for her efforts to develop the Green Belt Movement, an organization that focuses on planting trees to protect the environment and improve the _______of life. Because of her efforts, Maathai was ________the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. In 1976, Wangari Maathai became active in the National Council of Women of Kenya. While she was serving as the chairwoman in the National Council of Women, she began to found an organization that encouraged women’s groups to plant trees in order to conserve the environment. It was this small effort that has _______women in planting more than 20 million trees on farms, schools, and churches. This effort eventually became known ________the charitable organization