RLG100Y1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Clare Short, Gender Mainstreaming, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
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She won the nobel peace prize in 2004 for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace. She has taken a holistic approach to sustainable development that advocates democracy, human rights and women rights. Wangari mathaai is a kenyan feminist environmental activist who founded the green belt movement in 1977. The green belt movement was founded in 1977 with the purpose to counter the subjugation of women, deforestation issues as well as the demoralization of rural people under the corrupted colonial kenyan government. The movement started off with tree planting that is believed to be the solution for the then environmental problem faced. Green belt movement, however, is not just about saving the environment. The movement was also a means to transform lives of kenyan women who has been socially and economically exploited. Green belt movement provides income for the local community as well as source of clean water, employments and education.
