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Taking steps toward clean water in an Assam tea garden

Assam, India is famous for its high quality black tea and home to Numi Tea’s largest supplier. Yet Assam is one of India’s poorest states, in terms of access to safe drinking water. Fewer than 1 in 15 households have access to tap water. Many women and children walk up to 3 hours per day…

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Tanzanian farmers traditional seed exchange practices under threat

In order to receive development assistance, Tanzania has to give Western agribusiness full freedom and give enclosed protection for patented seeds. “Eighty percent of the seeds are being shared and sold in an informal system between neighbors, friends and family. The new law criminalizes the practice in Tanzania,” says Michael Farrelly of TOAM, an organic…

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Women Scientists and Environmental Activists Fight Back Against Climate Change Deniers in D.C.

A lot is happening this week, but a few things have remained the same for us here at WEA: 1) Facts are facts, 2) climate change is happening (we see the impacts in our work everyday), and 3) women continue to stand up for the earth and their communities. We’ve been inspired by the thousands…

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Let’s get on board

There is a fire burning, and it’s only spreading. This fire is stoked by people around the world who are fiercely committed to ensuring a bright vision for our families and communities now and far into the future. Thank you so much for being a part of this vibrant, strategic, and resourceful Women’s Earth Alliance — a…

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WEAre Together at the Women’s March on Washington

On January 21st, hundreds of thousands of people will convene at the Women’s March on Washington and around the world. Our team at WEA couldn’t be more proud to be a part of this historic event. “More than ever before, the priorities, the agency, and the vision of women is needed. Not only in our governments,…

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Stewards of Food Culture and Biodiversity: Voices from the Northeast

In her piece for Vikalp Sangam, Rucha Chitnis shines her light on the challenges faced by communities in Northeast India to preserve the region’s rich agrobiodiversity and food culture. “A journey on a food trail in the region [also] reveals a rich agrobiodiversity and a unique food culture that has been stewarded by local communities–from the Brahmaputra Valley in…

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Connecting the dots

Dear Friends, Did you know that women and girls are 14 times more likely to die in a climate-related disaster than men? Natural disasters can be seen as great equalizers — indiscriminate forces that can threaten anyone. But in reality, these catastrophes like floods, droughts or hurricanes kill more women, especially those of poor socioeconomic…

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Lighting the Grid

  Dear friends, After the U.S. election, our international colleagues at WEA did not hesitate to reach out to us with words of support. They reminded us that what is happening in the U.S. mirrors experiences many of their communities have lived through for generations. In the face of oppressive governments, worsening climate change, severe…

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Open Ears and Hearts

Dear Friends, Last week was a moment to swim in the depths of a sea of complexities, to touch base and regroup with our colleagues around the world, and to remember that we know how to reach our hands across seemingly unbridgable divides to transform communities from the inside out. And we won’t stop. And…

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WISE Women’s Clean Cookstove Project Update: We can’t wait to meet the next clean energy entrepreneurs!

WEA’s WISE Women’s Clean Cookstoves Project is in the application phase! By the end of the year we will identify 30 women leaders in Kaduna State, Nigeria who will join our training to gain the skills, knowledge and resources they need to promote clean cookstoves and launch their own clean energy businesses. We are accepting…

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