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Eunice Newton Foote: Scientist and women’s rights activist who planted seed of climate change awareness
Google is today marking the birth anniversary of American scientist Eunice Newton Foote, who laid the foundation of climate change awareness as early as the mid-19th century.
COP27: Lack of women at negotiations raises concern
Women barely feature in negotiations in Egypt despite bearing the brunt of climate change.
news.mongabay.com
Gender-based violence shakes communities in the wake of forest loss
Experts say that the loss of forest for large-scale agriculture and extractive industries goes hand in hand with violence against women globally.
news.mongabay.com
Dayak women of Indonesia resist gender inequality exacerbated by palm oil production
Indigenous Dayak women have found diverse and creative strategies to sustain their livelihoods.
www.nytimes.com
Overlooked no more: Eunice Foote, climate scientist lost to history
Foote’s ingenious experiment more than 150 years ago yielded a remarkable discovery that could have helped shape modern climate science had she not been overshadowed.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Margaret Atwood claims climate crisis and rights of women are 'very connected'
The Handmaid's Tale author Margaret Atwood, 80, from Canada, told France24 that those who 'want to suppress women' are the same people who often 'want to pretend there is no climate crisis'.
www.nytimes.com
Telling stories to battle climate change, with a little humor thrown in
The women who make the podcast “Mothers of Invention” stand apart in the field of climate communication.
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