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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World Wetlands Day 2024 – Message by Mr. Mahmood Akhtar Cheema, Country Representative IUCN Pakistan
Today, the World Wetlands Day is being commemorated all over the world. The theme of the day for this year is “Wetlands and Human Wellbeing”, which reflects upon the interconnectedness between wetlands and various aspects of human health. Continue reading “World Wetlands Day 2024 – Message by Mr. Mahmood Akhtar Cheema, Country Representative IUCN Pakistan”