Tag: Women’s Environmental Action

South Sudanese Women Find Salvation in Stoves

It sounds like a brutally disturbing nightmare: Alone in a forest miles from home, a teenage girl fights off a man as he tries to rape her. She flees home in terror, hours on foot, afraid for her life. The next day, the scene repeats itself as she is forced to collect firewood again. Facing […]

Farmers of the future: why mentoring youth and girls is key to strengthening India’s food security

Words and photos by Rucha Chitnis Researchers predict that in a decade or so, India’s population will surpass that of China. Meanwhile, according to this report, India is also losing 2,000 farmers every day to climate change, farmer suicides, and development of prime agricultural land into mega real estate and industrial projects. Given that India […]

Women Leading Local Climate Solutions

  You are invited to attend a special reception during the Paris climate talks… Join us and hear how courageous climate leader and Goldman Environmental Prize recipient “Mama” Aleta Baun is winning the fight against deforestation and illegal mining in West Timor, Indonesia. Women are on the front lines of climate change action and are […]

Behind the struggle for Bolivia’s forests and peoples

By Dana Dallavale, Donor Relationship Manager From the Amazon to the Andes, Bolivia’s rich forests and vast high-altitude deserts are home to the highest percentage of indigenous peoples in Latin America. I recently spent a week traveling with our advisor in Bolivia, Ely Lopez. Ely is of Quechua descent, the most prominent indigenous group in […]

Amazon women on the front lines: the Waorani

Words and photos by Caroline Bennett Meet the Waorani of the Ecuadorian Amazon. They are fighting for traditional life and championing alternatives to threats to their ancestral territory—one of the wildest, most biodiverse places on the planet. The Waorani have lived on the fringes of Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park—one of the most biodiverse places on […]

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