As a direct result of USAID prioritizing and investing in women’s entrepreneurship, and securing women’s access to capital, the El Rosario Cooperative in Nicaragua (pictured below — credit MAREA USAID) was able to transform their undervalued raw black cockles into high-value appetizers — increasing the value of their products by 1,100 percent. In Gulf of […]
Today, on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we take a look at how a geothermal energy company in El Salvador, LaGeo, invests in women and girls for inclusive green growth. When Yenni Guadalupe Castillo Argueta was 25 years old, she held a high school degree and was the mother of two […]
COP 24 in Katowice faced many challenges that threatened the agreement on the Paris Rulebook including the lack of acceptance by some Parties to recognise and welcome the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and a sense that ambition for curving greenhouse gases was falling short. In spite of the above, […]
of initial NIPs under the Stockholm Convention include gender and/or women keywords.
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