Outstanding women who stood up to be counted

By LILLIAN ALUANGA-DELVAUX???

KENYA: As   the clamour for    multi-partyism grew, Prof Wangari Muta Maathai launched a crusade to conserve the environment. Maathai’s belief was simple; that environmental conservation was?inextricably linked to good governance. For that the former Tetu MP?was willing to pay a high price, earning herself numerous arrests and?beatings in the hands of law enforcers. In one of the most memorable?photographs, Maathai is seen holding tufts of hair yanked off her?scalp in a confrontation with police at Karura Forest.