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Fresh Air, Fatou Bensouda, Wangari Maathai, and Maureen Corrigan, October 25, 2006
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Summary
Gambian attorney Fatou Bensouda, Kenya political activist Wangari Maathai, and book critic Maureen Corrigan, on this edition of Fresh Air. Fatou Bensouda is the deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (the ICC). The court's first case concerns crimes involving child soldiers. The ICC was set up as a court of last resort to deal with genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Bensouda has been a prosecutor for 19 years. She has served as Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Minister of Justice for The Gambia. She is an authority on gender and armed conflict, such as crimes of sexual violence. Then, Wangari Maathai, who won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize. Her new memoir is called Unbowed. She is the founder of the Green Belt Movement, which has planted over 30 million trees across Kenya. In 2002, she was elected to Kenya's parliament, and in 2003 was appointed assistant minister for the environment. Maathai served in the National Council of Women in Kenya. She is the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctoral degree. She's won 20 awards and prizes for her humanitarian work. Finally, Maureen Corrigan reviews The Shakespeare Wars by Ron Rosenbaum. [Broadcast Date: October 25, 2006]
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