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WOMAN: That is how Wangari Maathai
            founded the Green Belt Movement, a non-
            governmental organization, which encourages
            women to plant trees to combat deforestation
            and environmental degradation. To date, the
            great Belt Movement has planted over 50             issue
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            million trees. Wangari Maathai was aware that         Glossary on
                                                                  pages 92 and 94
            the environment was directly linked to issues
            of governance, peace and human rights, thus
            she used her organization to struggle against
            abuses of power, such as land-grabbing or the
            illegal detention of political opponents. In 2004,
            she was the first African woman to be awarded
            the Nobel Peace Prize.


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