Posts Tagged ‘Women Leaders’
Olanike Olugboji on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment
Olanike Olugboji, the Founder/Director of Women’s Initiative for Sustainable Environment, and WEA Project Lead for the WISE Women’s Clean Cookstove Project in Nigeria, recently attended the Inclusive Global Summer Institute at the Sié Center in Denver, Colorado. This gathering brings together women-identifying activists from around the world for a three day workshop that creates space for women…
Read MoreSeeds of Resilience: An update from our Seed Savers in India
Our Seeds of Resilience project has been underway for almost a year now and we are excited to share the progress being made to date in Southern India! This project, in partnership with Vanastree, aims to build communities’ seed and food sovereignty, catalyze intergenerational traditional knowledge sharing and strengthen women’s leadership, especially in the face…
Read MoreWISE Clean Cookstoves Training: An update from our Clean Cookstoves Women Entrepreneurs
On August 15th, the Atan Care Business Enterprise Team (one of the 15 two-person teams participating in WEA and WISE Nigeria’s Women’s Clean Cookstoves Training) hosted a community outreach event to share more about life-saving clean cookstoves with women in their local village. Countless studies point to the adoption of affordable, effective, and durable clean…
Read MoreThe Original Loom this Mother’s Day
Each Mother’s Day, we lift up and celebrate the work of mothers and community caregivers around the world. It is no easy task to nurture children, birth movements, or protect our shared future on Earth. We know that you share our vision that through women’s leadership we can create a future of balance, health, and…
Read MoreRipples from West Africa, a partner update from Ghana
In 2010, Monica Ayomah was one of the eight local women trainers in the West African Women and Water Trainings in Ghana. We were thrilled to hear from Monica this month and learn how her leadership has unfolded over the years. Today she is a WASH trainer in Ghana, touching the lives of countless more women and spreading critical water and sanitation…
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