Posts by Kahea Pacheco
Nepal quake impact on single women highlights need for equal land rights
By now, we are all aware of the devastating impact the 2015 earthquakes had on Nepal. What may not have been as comprehensively covered in the weeks and months that followed was the acute impact on women. According to this article in Reuters, “Of the more than 900,000 homes damaged and destroyed, about a quarter…
Read MorePresident Barack Obama Says, “This Is What a Feminist Looks Like”
In June, WEA was honored to have our Leadership Board Member Pandora Thomas represent us at the #StateofWomen Summit in Washington, D.C., bringing our (and your!) voice to this historic gathering. During the summit, President Obama made his now-famous declaration that, “I may have a few more grey hairs than I did 7 years ago, but this…
Read MoreIndigenous women in Peru use seed saving and traditional knowledge to combat climate change
Throughout the 10 years of WEA’s work, we’ve seen how women are often those preserving traditional knowledge and shepherding intergenerational knowledge transfer within communities. This is true of both ecological and cultural knowledge, and those two things more often than not are intimately linked. Seed saving is a wonderful example of this link, and we…
Read MoreWomen, disasters and climate change
As Mary Robinson and Wangari Maathai stated in the Huffington Post in 2010, “The battle to protect the environment is not solely about technological innovation — it is also about empowering women and their communities to hold their governments accountable for results.” This has been a core foundation of WEA’s work for the last decade, and — as…
Read MoreIndia’s new reforestation law ignores indigenous people
Analysts and experts are stating that a new Indian law — the Compensatory Afforestation, Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) law — aimed at boosting reforestation across the country ignores the importance of indigenous people in conserving land and tramples on their rights. “Evidence from around the world shows that farmers and local communities are far…
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