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Wangarĩ Muta Maathai

The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Wangarĩ Muta Maathai, Ph.D. (1940-2011) was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist.

Born in Ihithe, the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, Maathai studied at boarding schools and was rated first in her class. East African colonialism was ending around the same time as her high school, and Maathai was one of 300 Kenyans selected to study in the United States in the Airlift Africa program for college.

She received a bachelor's in biology with minors in chemistry and German, and then a master's in biology. She would receive her Ph.D. in veterinary anatomy from the University of Nairobi.

In 1977, Maathai started the 'Green Belt Movement', a grassroots-based NGO focused on environmental conservation, under the auspices of the National Council of Women of Kenya. The Green Belt Movement is a holistically-minded one, and it believes that equality for women, economic development, and justice are parts of environmental justice rather than obstacles.

Since the Green Belt Movement started, over 51 million trees have been planted and over 30,000 women have been trained in environmental-related trades.

Maathai was an elected member of the Parliament of Kenya, the 1984 winner of the Right Livelihood Award, an author of several books, and a winner of both the Nobel Peace Prize (2004) and Indira Gandhi Peace Prize (2006)

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Never really spoke about world issues on here before but I think it’s time I did.

If you’re actively supporting Israel, block me. Don’t interact with me. Don’t support me. Don’t speak to me.

This didn’t start on October 7th. It started in 1948 when the first Arab-Palestinians were displaced. I’ll state now that I in no way support any terrorist groups like Hamas, I stand only for the people in Palestine who are suffering everyday.

The body count so far is in the thousands. People are dying and families from outside Palestine don’t know if their family members are alive or dead. But that does not mean we get to be silent and stand aside whilst they suffer. Mourn the dead but keep fighting for those that are living.

Israel is actively ignoring UN regulations and actively ignoring international laws in this genocide. They’re killing innocent people and committing several war crimes. They’re levelling Gaza, they’re cutting the people off from any outside intervention and they’re stopping the people from helping themselves. It’s not a war if the people the country is fighting can’t even defend themselves, it’s murder. It’s genocide. And for some outlandish reason it’s been given a blind eye by so many world leaders.

If you’re silent or neutral, you are still doing damage and the people of Palestine deserve better than that. They don’t deserve to suffer. They deserve to know the world cares and is fighting for them. They are people. This isn’t a religious issue, it’s a humanitarian one. They’re human just like me and you and they deserve to have someone in their corner to fight for them.

Would like to reiterate, if you DONT stand with Palestine in this please do not interact with me or anything on my account. I do not want your support.

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. 🇵🇸

I will be sharing and re blogging posts that shed light on this situation to spread awareness and to help educate on the importance of supporting them. If you don’t want to see that, block me.

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