Mapiripán: Small Town in the Colombian Amazon On April 19th, 89 women from our waiting list received access to free contraception in Mapiripán, Meta, a municipality in the Colombian Amazon. This was the largest number of women that have participated in Women for Conservation’s family planning initiatives so far during a single […]
Date: June 28th, 2023 Women for Conservation celebrated World Rainforest Day 2023 by presenting for our global partner, Population Connection about W4C’s grassroots projects empowering rural women saving Colombian rainforests and endangered wildlife. In this presentation, we delved into Women for Conservation’s community-based programs in conservation training, sustainable livelihoods, and family planning— all aimed at […]
Tolima, Colombia, June 30, 2023 It is with great pride and excitement that we announce an extraordinary triumph for ProAves and Women for Conservation (W4C), organizations that have long been at the forefront of championing environmental stewardship and empowering women in conservation. On June 30th, Sara Inés Lara, Women for Conservation’s founder and Executive Director […]
Jhojanna is a woman forest ranger in love with conservation. Eight months ago she courageously and enthusiastically started working as a forest ranger in the ProAves Hormiguero de Torcoroma Nature Reserve in Colombia’s eastern Andes. Jhojanna is a mother of two daughters – 19 and 9 years old– and as a professional in forestry engineering […]
Women for Conservation’s Isabella Cortes Lara celebrated International Biodiversity Day 2023 by presenting alongside Gen Z for the Trees’ Roshan Khan, in a virtual event hosted by our partner, Planet Women. These women are in their 20s and leading international projects to protect rainforests, wildlife and human rights. Tune into the video below to watch […]
In the heart of Colombia, the preservation of endangered species and their habitats has become a critical concern. However, amid the challenges, a beacon of hope shines through the efforts of Women for Conservation, an organization dedicated to empowering rural women and implementing grassroots movements to protect the rainforest and its endangered wildlife. Recently, a […]
We are excited to announce the success of our first accessible Family Planning campaign in Puerto Pinzon, a rural Colombian community buffering our ProAves El Paujil Reserve. Women for Conservation and ProAves partnered with Profamilia to provide women with free and voluntary access to family planning and information about their reproductive rights. From March 29-31st, […]
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has highlighted our Executive Director, Sara Inés Lara, as one of the women making history in bird conservation in the Americas. Sara is the Executive director of both ProAves and Women for Conservation, which have participated in several projects supported by the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA) program. […]
We are thrilled to announce that our first Women for Conservation project in Sierra Leone is off to an incredible start! We have teamed up with local grassroots leader Roseline Isata Mansaray and Fridays for Future Sierra Leone to provide reforestation training for 100 women and children in the Waterloo community, empowering them to take […]
Women for Conservation is proud to be featured in a new article on the positive environmental impact of empowering and educating girls by UC Berkeley Professor Matthew Parker. Read the full article “Educating Girls: An Earth-Saving Enterprise” on Vox Populisphere. >>> This article highlights the importance of girls’ education in promoting sustainable development and protecting […]
