Donna di Scienza Winner

Maria Del Zompo

Again as part of the competition, this year the special jury prize was awarded to Maria Del Zompo, until April 2021, rector of the University of Cagliari with the following motivation: For the tireless and innovative activity carried out for the University of Cagliari, for research, for the dissemination of scientific culture and for gender equality.

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WANGARI MUTA MAATHAI

[Ihithe, 1940 – Nairobi, 2011] Kenyan environmentalist and activist. In 2004 she was the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. She was a Kenyan parliamentarian and Assistant Minister for Environment and Natural Resources in the government of President Mwai Kibaki, between January 2003 and November 2005.

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