Expert is one of many women leading in disaster prevention in vulnerable El Salvador, where the effects of climate change are already being felt. Just over a week ago, this meme surfaced on the internet: The meme, titled “Weather Girls,” compares the physical appearances of women weather reporters from the United States, Mexico, China, and […]
Delmy Viera, an Everyday Hero
For International Women’s Day, Field Coordinator Douglas Chica interviewed Delmy Josefina Viera Argueta, a farmer and a leader of the Local Group of San Hilario. In 2015, she traveled to California with several Salvadoran colleagues and Adele Negro of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies to participate in the 2015 EcoFarm conference on environmentally and […]
Women at the Forefront of Grassroots Organising
Cross-posted from IPS News Service By Dahr Jamail Cristina Reyes, president of the local community council, is working to improve women’s lives. Credit:Erika Blumenfeld/IPS CIUDAD ROMERO, El Salvador, Feb 23, 2011 (IPS) – Women are playing a leading role in a powerful social movement addressing natural resource protection, adaptation to climate change, and corporate accountability […]
