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  1. www.unep.org › news-and-stories › storyMeet seven women saving the planet - UNEP

    Mar 5, 2021 · Meet seven women saving the planet. UNEP. Women are playing a lead role in tackling some of the planet’s biggest environmental threats, from climate change to species loss, to pollution. International Women’s Day, which falls on 8 March, provides an opportunity to reflect on women’s contributions as caretakers of people and ...

  2. www.unep.org › news-and-stories › storyMeet 5 women who are using science to help save the planet - UNEP

    • Dr. Purnima Devi Barman - Champion of the Earth, 2022. For wildlife biologist Dr. Purnima Devi Barman, a childhood fascination with greater adjutants, members of the stork bird family, has blossomed into a lifelong passion.
    • Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka - Champion of the Earth, 2021. A wildlife veterinarian and the founder and CEO of Conservation Through Public Health, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka has spent three decades helping safeguard the world’s rarest and endangered primates, such as mountain gorillas in remote communities across East Africa.
    • Nzambi Matee - Young Champion of the Earth, 2020. Nzambi Matee is an engineer, inventor and entrepreneur and the head of Gjenge Makers, the company she founded as a solution to plastic pollution in Nairobi, Kenya.
    • Xiaoyuan Ren - Young Champion of the Earth, 2020. Over 300 million residents in rural China do not have consistent access to clean drinking water. Xiaoyuan Ren wanted to change that.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Earth_WomanThe Earth Woman - Wikipedia

    The Earth Woman is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Walter Lang. [1] Plot. Cast. Mary Alden as Martha Tilden (The Earth Woman) Priscilla Bonner as Sally. Russell Simpson as Ezra Tilden. Carroll Nye as Steve Tilden. Joe Butterworth as Joe Tilden. John Carr as Simon. Johnnie Walker as John Mason (credited as Johnny Walker)

  4. data.worldbank.org › indicator › SPPopulation, female (% of total population) | Data

    Population, female (% of total population) World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision. License : CC BY-4.0. LineBarMap. Share Details.

  5. www.smithsonianmag.com › smart-news › meet-shanidar-z-a-75000Meet Shanidar Z, a Neanderthal Woman Who Walked the Earth 75,000...

    May 6, 2024 · Meet Shanidar Z, a Neanderthal Woman Who Walked the Earth 75,000 Years Ago. After carefully piecing her skull back together, archaeologists and paleoartists have created a lifelike 3D...

  6. www.unwomen.org › 04 › empowering-women-protecting-the-earthEmpowering women, protecting the earth - Headquarters

    Apr 19, 2023 · This Earth Day we’re highlighting the crucial connections between sustainability and gender equality in policy, business, agriculture and beyond. The stories below showcase how women’s empowerment can help protect the environment—and vice versa—in countries around the globe.

  7. www.pbs.org › show › women-earthWomen of the Earth | PBS

    Women of the Earth is a short form documentary series capturing the resilient work of female land stewards across the United States.