Archive for July 2019
WEA Women of the 2019 Indonesia Accelerator: Putu Ayu Aniek
Putu Ayu Aniek is a community organizer from Bali, Indonesia. Growing up in Bali, Aniek felt first-hand the growing impact of tourism on her community. Realizing how tourism could easily degrade the culture and people of her community, she has made it her mission to create a more holistic and sustainable avenue for tourism in…
Read MoreNew UN Report Confirms Gender Gap in Food Security
Over 820 million people worldwide currently suffer from food insecurity and hunger. As the High Level Political Forum continues this week to track the world’s progress on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—of which Zero Hunger is the #2 goal—a report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released earlier this week reveals that…
Read MoreSay hello to our summer interns: Hey, Amanda!
Ever wonder who’s helping to keep the drumbeat of our social media going? Who’s the magic behind our SEO? Who’s got her finger on the pulse of our analytics and insights? Please help us welcome Amanda Mier to the team this summer! Amanda is our social media maven and comms extraordinaire (though her resume will…
Read MoreWEA Women of the 2019 Indonesia Accelerator: Rubama
Rubama is a community organizer from Aceh, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. She has worked for fourteen years to engage the women of her community in an effort to protect the natural resources of the region. After her region was ravaged by a tsunami in 2004, Rubama recognized how the approach to disaster relief resulted in the…
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