Name/TitlePostcard: Wangari Maathai Foundation
About this objectPostcard produced by the Wangari Maathai Foundation, featuring an image of Professor Maathai and stating the organisation's vision, aim and strategic priorities.
Collected in Nairobi during a two-way cultural exchange between Glasgow Women's Library and Book Bunk Kenya in 2019.
Period2010s
Place MadeKenya, Nairobi
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 108 x W: 153 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsEcofeminism
Subject and Association KeywordsGreen Belt Movement
Subject and Association KeywordsAfrican culture
Subject and Association KeywordsCitizenship
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://wangarimaathai.org:
The Wangari Maathai Foundation is a non-for-profit organisation dedicated to championing the legacy of Wangari Muta Maathai and developing courageous and responsible leadership amongst children and youth. The Foundation invests in Kenya’s future leaders building character, and personal leadership towards achieving a more fair society. Through dialogue and partnerships with a broad range of actors, we work to build social and emotional competencies, empower self development and engender collective action in the next generation. Driving people to take action and solve problems in their own communities, passing on Wangari’s spirit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wangari_Maathai:
Wangarĩ Muta Maathai (/wænˈɡɑːri mɑːˈtaɪ/; 1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan social, environmental and a political activist and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. As a beneficiary of the Kennedy Airlift she studied in the United States, earning a bachelor's degree from Mount St. Scholastica and a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh. She went on to become the first woman in East and Central Africa to become a Doctor of Philosophy, receiving her PhD from the University of Nairobi in Kenya.
In 1977, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. In 1984, she was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "converting the Kenyan ecological debate into mass action for reforestation". Maathai was an elected member of the Parliament of Kenya and between January 2003 and November 2005 served as assistant minister for environment and natural resources in the government of President Mwai Kibaki. She was an Honorary Councillor of the World Future Council. As an academic and the author of several books, Maathai was not only an activist but also an intellectual who has made significant contributions to thinking about ecology, development, gender, and African cultures and religions.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2019-99-1
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved