Women in the Center of Crop Diversity & Food Security

  Blog entry by Rucha Chitnis, India Program Director, who is traveling in Southern India to research women farmers’ green traditional knowledge systems for farming, seed saving and managing their natural resources. Let’s start from the very beginning.  And some might say that it all began with the seeds. Seed, a symbol of fertility and…

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Indigenous Community Enterprises: Building Sustainable Futures, One Home at a Time

Zoe Levitt, Consultant for Indigenous Community Enterprises (ICE), a Women’s Earth Alliance Partner Organization March 14th was a bright, windy day in Window Rock.  I waited outside the Navajo Nation Museum to meet Hazel James from Indigenous Community Enterprises (ICE) for the start of my site visit to gather photos and conduct interviews for their new…

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Florence and Fulera bring Improved Access to Drinking Water to Ghanaian Schools

The following article was written by Beth Robertson, Research Fellow at Women’s Earth Alliance. This article was published in the Spring 2011 “A Matter of Spirit” newsletter published by Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center.  To read more click here. In 2010, two powerful women leaders from Ghana—Florence Iddrisu and Fulera Mumuni—participated in a training through…

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Ndudi and Elizabeth Improve Sanitation and Community Health in Western Nigeria

The Global Women’s Water Initiative continues to make ripples of change! 2010 GWWI team Ndudi and Elizabeth of Western Nigeria recently met with members of the Idoye community to collaborate on solving  issues of water and sanitation in their area. During the meeting Ndudi and Elizabeth introduced the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) program and, with the…

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