News & Resources: ‘Women’
India’s Dayamani Barla wins the first Ellen L. Lutz Indigenous Rights Award
May 16, 2013
Pioneering Indian journalist and indigenous activist Dayamani Barla will receive Cultural Survival’s first-ever Ellen L. Lutz Indigenous Rights Award on May 23 in recognition of her outstanding human rights work and dedication to indigenous people’s rights.
Read moreWomen farmers: the invisible face of agriculture in India
Apr 9, 2013
Women manage every aspect of farm work, but are not considered farmers. They toil in the fields—planting, sowing, weeding, and harvesting—but are not landowners. But in fact, the majority of the female workforce in India is engaged in agriculture. Rucha Chitnis looks at gender inequality in the fields of India and how grantmakers should respond to create positive change.
Read moreQ&A: Terry Odendahl on what women’s rights have to do with the environment
Mar 8, 2013
In honor of International Women’s Day 2013, our outspoken Executive Director talks about the relationship between women’s rights and environmental activism, and why Global Greengrants Fund is prioritizing grantmaking with a gender lens.
Read moreWomen in India: How grassroots groups are strengthening food security
Mar 7, 2013
This is the first in a four-part series on women’s role in agriculture in India. Rucha Chitnis is the South Asia Program Director of Women’s Earth Alliance and an advisor to Global Greengrants Fund. She recommends grants in Jharkhand and West Bengal.
Read moreExecutive Director Terry Odendahl reports from India
Feb 14, 2013
Global Greengrants Fund’s Executive Director meets women and men affected by industrialization, mining, violence, and development in India. Here, she shares some thoughts and photos.
Read more12 Top Global Greegrants Successes of 2012
Dec 18, 2012
You know we always say your support makes a difference? As 2012 comes to a close, we’d like to share 12 of Global Greengrants Fund’s top success stories from the past year. Here are just some of the victories we celebrated in 2012.
Read moreHonduras: Building Resilience Against Climate Disasters
Jul 31, 2012
When Hurricane Felix struck the Moskitia coast of Central America in 2007, flooding and mudslides devastated the region. With a $3,000 grant, a local women’s group created three seed banks to safeguard subsistence farmers from the risks of losing everything again.
Read moreUganda: Women Tackle Climate Change, Energy, Food, and More
Mar 27, 2012
A single project has had an enormous impact on communities in rural Uganda. Environmental, social, and economic realities have improved, along with dozens of lives.
Read morePoisoned by Pesticides in Pakistan
Nov 10, 2011
Pesticide use is in Pakistan is 14 times higher than in countries like neighboring India, but many farmers and families aren’t even aware of the hazards.
Read moreWhat’s Up in Philanthropy? Letting Go
Jun 28, 2011
“We would probably be better off as a society if the decision makers in the nation’s large private foundations took up surfing,” and other thought-provoking ideas.
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