Story | 03 Mar, 2023
Women fishers in Manipur’s Loktak Lake strive for its restoration
Salam Rajesh, CEESP member
The fishing community in Manipur’s Loktak Lake faces a tough life negotiating between the need to eke out a living in a wetland whose ecosystem is fairly degraded, and striving to take part in its restoration. The women fishers share equal…
Story | 03 Mar, 2023
Empowering the unheard: Why women's voices are crucial in environmental policy and action
Prof. Shri. Srinivasan Balakrishnan, National President, Bharatiya Yuva Seva Sangh (BYSS)
Women's voices are crucial in environmental policy and action because they often have deep knowledge of their local ecosystems and are habitually the primary caregivers and…
Story | 02 Mar, 2023
Protecting women’s and girl’s rights to a healthy environment
Buhle Francis, Rhodes University, South Africa; Dr. Georgina Yaa Oduro & Kenneth Amankwaah Boateng, University of Cape Coast, Ghana; Prof. Elisa Morgera & Dr. Senia Febrica, University of Strathclyde, UK
Story | 02 Mar, 2023
Supporting small-scale fisher women’s livelihoods in the Eastern Cape of South Africa
Buhle Francis, early-career researcher at One Ocean Hub and the Environmental Learning Research Centre (ELRC) at Rhodes University
Story | 02 Mar, 2023
Integrating voluntary, rights-based family planning in conservation
Carina Hirsch, IUCN SSC CEESP Biodiversity & Family Planning Task Force Co-Chair, Advocacy & Projects Manager at the Margaret Pyke Trust
A landslide vote led to the passing of a Resolution entitled Importance for the conservation of nature of removing barriers to…
Story | 02 Mar, 2023
The role of tribal women in balancing family, community, and environment in Araku Valley, India
Dr. Suryakanta Acharya, MD, CEESP member, PAY-W Clinic Founder
Women in the tribal communities of Araku Valley in Andhra Pradesh, India are taking a lion’s share of responsibility to balance family, community, and environment. Their role in preserving traditional…
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Forest Stewardship Council’s upcoming International Women’s Day webinar
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) invites you to an online roundtable “Linking Innovation, Technology, and Forests to Gender Equality”, 7 March, 3-4:30 pm CET. Many normative and…
Story | 30 Jan, 2023
Re-imagining marine conservation through centering social equity
Nathan Bennett, Chair of the People and the Ocean Specialist Group, Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy, IUCN
Story | 10 Jan, 2023
Celebrating Human Rights Day with reflections on conflict sensitive conservation
As we mark the 74th anniversary of the United Nations adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Cons
Story | 22 Dec, 2022
Indigenous Women’s Insights – Stewarding the Earth
In November, all along the busy maze of pavilion buildings in Sharm el Sheik, an estimated 45,000 people snaked along corridors hoping to inform crucial discussions surrounding climate policy at the United Nations Framework Climate Change Convention’s 27th Conference of Parties (UNFCCC COP 27).…