by Carmen Calle | May 16, 2023 | Brazil, English, Gender
Between April 11th and 13th, 2023, Júlia Niero and Heidi Buzato, from Imaflora, in partnership with Queren Luna from SIGMA/SEMAPI, conducted an online training event called “Empowering women through Geotechnology”, which was designed by women and offered...
by Carmen Calle | Apr 5, 2023 | English, Gender, Stakeholder engagement
On March 16, 2023, during the 67th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, which focused on the inclusion of women in innovation and technology, the gender advisor to the SERVIR-Amazonia Program, Marina Irigoyen, participated with a lecture on...
by Carmen Calle | Mar 6, 2023 | Brazil, English, Gender, Indigeneous People, Stakeholder engagement
By Heidi Buzato, Celma de Oliveira, Giulia Andrich and Natalia Molina. In the São Félix do Xingu municipality in the Brazilian Amazon, there is an association managed by women (AMPPF) that uses family labor to produce fruit pulp and cocoa from their agro-forests,...
by Carmen Calle | Feb 24, 2023 | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, English, Gender, Peru
According to recent UN data, women still represent only 28% of graduates globally in engineering and 40% in information technology and computing. This means a significant gender gap in STEM careers (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) exists, with only...
by SERVIR Team | Mar 30, 2022 | Brazil, Ecosystem Management, English, Gender, Indigeneous People, Portuguese, Services, Spanish
Indigenous women and women of isolated rural communities express interest in using geospatial technology to protect community forests in the Brazilian Amazon The Origens Brasil® network, facilitated and administrated by the Brazilian NGO Imaflora, connects community...
by SERVIR Team | Mar 8, 2022 | English, Gender, Portuguese, Spanish
Geospatial services can benefit the people and the environment of the Amazon by supporting communities in monitoring their territories and addressing the various challenges they face, such as deforestation, illegal mining, climate change, and biodiversity loss. In...
