Rural Aid Pakistan conducted events “Promoting Gender Equality and Women’s Wellbeing for Sustainable Development” at International Women Day 2024 under the theme Invest in women: Accelerate progress. At the International Women Day, Rural Aid distributed and planted fruit trees through trained rural women under Rural Aid’s Go Green Campaign.
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Empowering Women: Driving Transformation in Conservation and Development
Women’s economic empowerment stands as a crucial factor in ensuring gender equality. Examples from around the world demonstrate that when a woman achieves economic independence or begins generating income, her status within the family, community, and society improves. Economic empowerment not only increases decision-making power but also alters power dynamics within the family, enhances mobility, boosts confidence, self-respect, and can lead to women’s leadership. A key element of women’s and girls’ economic empowerment is access to resources and the importance of supporting women and girls in leadership roles to “create prosperous economies and a healthy planet”.1
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Symposium on silent spring fosters dialogue on urbanisation climate impacts
Rawalpindi: The Institute of Rural Management (IRM), in collaboration with the National Cleaner Production Centre (NCPC) and the Department of Environmental Sciences at Fatima Jinnah Women University, hosted a symposium titled ‘Silent Spring: A Nexus between Urbanisation, Climate Change, and Loss of Nature.’
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Message of the Chairperson, PNC of IUCN – International Mountain Day 2023
