In celebration of International Women’s Rights Day, Women for Conservation held our second annual Entrepreneurship Fair “La Sierra es Mujer” on March 5, in the village of Vista Nieves in the municipality of Minca, Santa Marta, in the department of Magdalena. This second annual fair was attended by more than 100 rural women and entrepreneurs […]
Thanks to donors like you, Women for Conservation reached our fundraising goal of $3,600 to employ 6 female forest rangers and establish a permanent tree nursery in Madagascar! Women for Conservation’s global partnership is supporting Fanamby’s incredible work preserving 800-year-old Baobab Trees and reforesting degraded land. Baobab Alley, declared a “National Monument” by the IUCN […]
Listen to podcast on the PGAP website: https://pgap.fireside.fm/w4c We are excited to announce that W4C Vice President, Isabella Cortes Lara, sat down with Post-Growth Australia for a podcast episode about her experiences facilitating access to family planning resources and conservation training to women in rural Colombia. In this podcast, Isabella highlights her personal experience organizing […]
About Population Connection’s Global Partners Program: We are thrilled to be a partner of Population Connection’s Global Partners program. Population Connection has supported smaller global partner organizations since 2016. They focus on funding local and community-based organizations that include programming related to sustainable global population growth. In Population Connections’ words, they “support a growing number […]
We are excited to announce that Las Tangaras ProAves Reserve will be officially recognized as a Colombian Regional Park! In addition to this new government-protected status, the reserve will also expand its area by 3,500 hectares (8,649 acres). This new federal status will make Las Tangaras Reserve part of the National System of Protected […]
Women for Conservation has expanded our programs to a new location, in the municipality of Almaguer, Cauca in the Colombian highlands. This is an area of incredible biodiversity, as well as the site of the most important aquifer table in Colombia. W4C has already begun working in the municipality to facilitate voluntary access to family […]
World Vasectomy Day 2022: Vasectomies are a commitment by men to conserve the planet and to share the responsibility of family planning with their partners. On December 13th, Women for Conservation, in collaboration with ProAves and Profamilia, completed their third vasectomy campaign with 14 participants from the municipality of El Carmen de Atrato in […]
We are thrilled to announce that Women for Conservation has been chosen as a grant recipient by Daughters for Earth! This new partnership will empower us to move forward with the next steps of our Women-led Amazon Rainforest Research station along the Guaviare River. Click here to visit our project page on […]
Women for Conservation has always strived to create a lasting impact—not just on the lives of women, but also on the health of our planet. As the climate crisis worsens, we are stepping up our efforts to protect and preserve the world’s most extraordinary habitats. We believe in the power of grassroots, community-led […]
Project Cost: $3,600 Project Overview: Women for Conservation is excited to announce our first women-led conservation partnership with Fanamby Organization in Madagascar! We are seeking to raise $3,600 to fully fund this project to support women as conservation leaders, who help to protect and reforest degraded land for the benefit of both wildlife […]
