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Seeds of Hope
“Seed is sacred…The desire to save seeds comes form an ethical urge to defend life’s evolution.” Dr. Vandana Shiva Seed exchanges among small farmers are a time memorial tradition that has led to the immense biodiversity of indigenous seeds around the world. Globally, it is mostly women farmers who are the seed savers, who possess…
Read MoreGWWI Women and Water: GWWI Collaboration Celebrates 4th Anniversary
It’s time to celebrate! Four years ago today the Global Women’s Water Initiative welcomed 50 grassroots women leaders from all over Sub-Saharan Africa and the United States to launch our first Women and Water Training in Nairobi, Kenya. We gathered together at the Green Belt Movement Training Center hosted by GROOTS Kenya to share stories of…
Read MoreGWWI: Women and Water on Wednesdays: Kenya to Enact Rainwater Harvesting Act – Great Opportunity for GWWI Grads
Posted by Gemma Bulos Follow Gemma, GWWI Director/HuffPost Blogger on Twitter Great news for GWWI Kenya Grads! According to the Kenyan Ministry of Water Deputy Director of Water Resources Juma Omondi, the Kenya Rainwater Harvesting Act will be enacted by the end of 2012. The law will advocate for the integration of household and industrial rainwater harvesting (RWH)…
Read MoreGWWI Women and Water: Congratulations to GWWI Fellows!
A huge and hearty congratulations to our wonderful Fellows! So much great news to share. In 2011, GWWI was excited to integrate a Fellows Program to link women grad students and professionals with grassroots women in Africa with the intention of creating a peer learning experience to build women’s leadership in water, sanitation and hygiene…
Read MoreGWWI Women and Water on Wednesdays: GWWI Fellow Brings WaSH Education to Village Health Works in Burundi
The Global Women’s Water Initiative is proud to welcome back GWWI 2011 Fellow Epi Bodhi who just returned from Burundi where she worked with international non-profit Village Health Works (VHW) to train their team to recognize the link between water and health and to promote practices that would reduce the risk of water-related disease. VHW…
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