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Seeds and Their Keepers are Key to Preserving India’s Food Diversity
In India, where food security is threatened by growing climate unpredictability and industrial agriculture, women farmers are leading the way to safeguard the biodiversity of indigenous crops. Want to learn more? Check out this blog post written by India Program Director Rucha Chitnis on Earth Island Journals’ blog, EnvironmentaList!
Fellows in Action! 2011 East African Women and Water Training in Kampala, Uganda.
Photo: Beth Robertson The 2011 East African Women and Water Training has begun! Women’s Earth Alliance’s Global Women’s Water Initiative, in partnership with Crabgrass and iCon Women and Young People’s Leadership Academy, is currently leading the third African Women and Water Training, strengthening women’s voices in the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector. To learn…
Voices of Hope
Unseen Pictures made a beautiful video for our 5-year Anniversary Gala! “WEA Voices of Hope” celebrates the Women’s Earth Alliance and our global partners and allies. Together we are truly unlocking a thriving future! WEA Voices of Hope from WEA on Vimeo.
Special Announcement: Mama Catherine, 2010 GWWI Training participant, will be at WEA’s Gala!
What could be more exciting than having one participant of the 2010 West African Women and Water Training in Ghana join WEA to celebrate its 5th Birthday! On May 18th, Catherine Makane Mwengella from Cameroon will join our community for the 5th Annual Gala at the Julia Morgan Ball Room in San Francisco. We…
One-Click to Support WEA!
WEA has recently teamed up with eco-model, Josie Maran to run a campaign benefiting our work! Josie Maran Cosmetics has a product called argan oil, which is a skin oil organically grown in Morocco by a fair trade women’s cooperative. For what it’s worth, Wikipedia tells us that “All argan sold today is produced by…
Women in the Center of Crop Diversity & Food Security
Blog entry by Rucha Chitnis, India Program Director, who is traveling in Southern India to research women farmers’ green traditional knowledge systems for farming, seed saving and managing their natural resources. Let’s start from the very beginning. And some might say that it all began with the seeds. Seed, a symbol of fertility and…
Indigenous Community Enterprises: Building Sustainable Futures, One Home at a Time
Zoe Levitt, Consultant for Indigenous Community Enterprises (ICE), a Women’s Earth Alliance Partner Organization March 14th was a bright, windy day in Window Rock. I waited outside the Navajo Nation Museum to meet Hazel James from Indigenous Community Enterprises (ICE) for the start of my site visit to gather photos and conduct interviews for their new…
Florence and Fulera bring Improved Access to Drinking Water to Ghanaian Schools
The following article was written by Beth Robertson, Research Fellow at Women’s Earth Alliance. This article was published in the Spring 2011 “A Matter of Spirit” newsletter published by Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center. To read more click here. In 2010, two powerful women leaders from Ghana—Florence Iddrisu and Fulera Mumuni—participated in a training through…
Ndudi and Elizabeth Improve Sanitation and Community Health in Western Nigeria
The Global Women’s Water Initiative continues to make ripples of change! 2010 GWWI team Ndudi and Elizabeth of Western Nigeria recently met with members of the Idoye community to collaborate on solving issues of water and sanitation in their area. During the meeting Ndudi and Elizabeth introduced the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) program and, with the…
We are Together: Sharing observations from the 55th Session on the Commission on the Status of Women!
By Maame Yelbert-Obeng, WEA’s Africa Program Director During the first week of March, I had the opportunity to attend part of the 55th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) organized by the United Nations at its headquarters in New York. This year’s CSW session, focusing strategically on “Gender, Education, Science and…