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Yesterday, the Save the Peaks Coalition and supporters from Arizona and California gathered for a prayer vigil in San Francisco, while the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument in their case to protect the holy San Francisco Peaks. The Peaks, which rise to 12,000 feet above Flagstaff, Arizona, at the Western edge of…
Woman Water Champion, Rose Wamalwa
Meet Rose Wamalwa. Rose is one of ten women selected as one of Global Women’s Water Initiative Fellowship Program for 2011. GWWI launched this program in response to the need for more women to be actively participating at every level of the water and sanitation sector. GWWI Fellowship Program creates a network of support by…
Powerful Partnerships in East Africa
When Rosemary and Joy met Jackie and Dorothy, it wasn’t in Kisumu where they all live and work— It was in Uganda at the 2011 East Africa Women and Water Training coordinated by Global Women’s Water Initiave (GWWI). Joy and Rosemary were selected because of their work with Kisumu Medical and Education Trust (KMET),…
Planting Seeds of Resilience
Last week, we celebrated the Women’s Earth Alliance India Program at our special event–Seeds of Resilience: Women Farmers Striving in the Face of Climate Change. Be sure to check out photos from the event here and watch the new India video! We are touched by the outpouring of support from our community, and were glad…
WEA Advocacy Training: Building Bridges for Dialogue and Collaboration
This November 4th – 6th, WEA hosted our first Advocacy Training, in partnership with Indigenous Environmental Network. We’re proud to share that the Training was a success. Our Training took place at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, CA, which is located on Ohlone territory. Muwekma Ohlone elder Ann Marie Sayers opened the Training on…
Making Ripples: Zero to 2800 in Four Months
Exciting news rippling out from East Africa! It has been four months since the Global Women’s Water Initiative completed Phase One of our third African Women and Water Training Program in Kampala, Uganda (Read more about the Phase 1). Fifty two women from East Africa and the United States came to Kampala to attend…
Give a Sh*t
If you didn’t know, Nov 19 was World Toilet Day. Why, you ask, would we dedicate a day recognized around the world – to a toilet? Because one out of three people on the planet do not have access to one. The lack of safe disposal and treatment of human waste is one of the…
Matilda is why WEA believes…
Three years ago Matilda Nabukonde had never picked up a shovel. Today, she can build rainwater harvesting systems (RWH), biosand water filters (BSF) and ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrines. She offers hygiene education workshops to hundreds of people in remote rural areas in Uganda and slums of Kampala. A grandmother and caretaker, Matilda is a…
Live from the 3rd Phase of the Women, Food Security and Climate Change Training
The following is a report from India Program Director, Rucha Chitnis, who is in Uttar Pradesh, India for the final phase of the India Women, Food Security and Climate Change Training. Climate change and food security continue to emerge as key global issues. In particular, they pose as persistent and disproportionate challenges for women. This…
November 4: Steadying the Seasons
Women’s Earth Alliance is preparing to host our first Advocacy Training, November 4th – 6th, 2011, here at the David Brower Center in Berkeley. With guidance from our Steering Committee and organizational partner, Indigenous Environmental Network, we’re convening 75 advocates and activists for three days of dialogue, learning and collaborative action towards environmental justice for…