Posts Tagged ‘Katahati institute’
WEA’s 2024 Impact Report is Here!
EXPLORE THE REPORT At a time when communities around the world are facing growing uncertainty, one thing remains clear: when women lead, solutions take root. Women’s Earth Alliance’s 2024 Impact Report tells a powerful story of resilience, leadership, and tangible solutions. Last year, WEA trained 6,812 women and girls in environmental solutions across 13 countries,…
Read MoreWomen of Leuser: Transforming Economies and Defending Indonesia’s Last Wild Spaces
by Hannah Adams, WEA Global Program Manager In the heart of Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, Indigenous women are taking action to defend and conserve their ancestral lands and lifeways. Forest in Leuser Ecosystem. Credit: Katahati Institute The Leuser Ecosystem (pronounced “low-sir”) is the last place on Earth where Sumatran orangutans, tigers, rhinos, and elephants continue…
Read MoreWEA Women of the 2019 Indonesia Accelerator: Raihal Fajri
Raihal Fajri is an activist from Aceh, Meunasah Manyang, Indonesia. After a tsunami devastated her region in 2004, Raihal witnessed a drastic deterioration in the quality of water coming from her community’s water source, which was located next to a nearby concrete mine. Noticing the way this pollution harmed the women and children of her…
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