LOCAL SPOTLIGHT ON WOMEN

Nuestras Raices Women’s Leadership Group
"Nuestras Raíces is a grass-roots organization that promotes economic, human and community development in Holyoke, Massachusetts through projects relating to food, agriculture and the environment."

To visit the organization's home page, CLICK HERE.

ARTICLES & INFORMATION

Check out the following resources from the Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO):

"Unquestionably, climate change will affect everyone. But women are the most vulnerable and the best poised to curb the effects of climate change. Yet, they have remained invisible in these efforts."

CLICK HERE to read "Changing the Climate; Why Women's Perspectives Matter"

"Water is essential to human beings and all forms of life. But pollution and lack of access to clean water is proliferating the cycle of poverty, water-borne diseases, and gender inequities."

CLICK HERE to read "Untapped Connections; Gender, Water, and Poverty"

ORGANIZATIONS

Global Fund for Women

Women's Earth Alliance

Women & Environments International Magazine

Silent Spring Institute

Committee on Women, Population, and the Environment