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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convened a climate change summit to focus heads of state on the urgent need for action on global climate change, and to mobilize political will n…

Wangari Maathai talked about her book The Challenge for Africa (Pantheon; April 7, 2009). In the book she analyzes roadblocks to development in Africa, what international leadership is neede…

Wangari Maathai talked about her book Unbowed: A Memoir, published by Anchor. She was interviewed on stage about her life and the work she did that led to her being awarded the Nobel Peace P…

Wangari Muta Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, delivered the commencement address to the 2006 graduating class of Connecticut College on the College Green. Minis…

Wangari Muta Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, gave the National Press Club luncheon address. Professor Maathai, on her first official visit to Washington, talke…

Ms. Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, gave a lecture titled “The Future of the Planet is in Your Hands” in the Historic Grand Hall of Cooper Union on International Women’s Day. She i…

The 2004 Nobel Peace Prize recipient was Wangari Muta Maathai. She was honored at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway for her contributions to sustainable development, democracy, peace and women’s ri…

Officials from the African-American Institute spoke in a news conference during the institute’s 23rd annual conference on African-American issues. Issues brought up in the news conference in…