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...
by SERVIR Team | Feb 11, 2022 | Capacity Development, Caribbean, English, Gender, Stakeholder engagement
Gender equality together with the empowerment of women and girls – in all spheres of life – is a determining factor that will decisively contribute to the world’s economic development, and to progress on all the goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda...
by SERVIR Team | Feb 3, 2022 | Communications, English, Gender, MEL, Portuguese, Spanish
It is very rare to hear of a team implementing a research for development project that receives all the necessary support to successfully execute planned activities and achieve expected results. At SERVIR-Amazonia we can say we did! Since our first months functioning...
by SERVIR Team | Jan 19, 2022 | Capacity Development, English, Gender, Indigeneous People, Portuguese
Promoting the development of professional women in Geographic Information Systems by strengthening technical and social skills in environmental sciences and geospatial technologies constitutes above all an interactive process that seeks to share experiences and...
