What actions did the Green Belt Movement encourage women to take?

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ACollect rainwater, grow saplings, and plant trees

BProtest against government policies

CEngage in political activism

DForm cooperatives for industrial production

Answer:

Wangari Maathai received the Nobel Prize for peace in 2004.
In 1977, Professor Wangari Maathai, under the leadership of the National Council of Women of Kenya (NCWK), established the Green Belt Movement.
Kenyan women responded that rivers were drying up, food security was declining, and they had to walk longer distances to collect fire-wood for fuel and fencing.
The Green Belt Movement (GBM) encouraged women to work together to collect rainwater, grow saplings, and plant trees for food and fuel.

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