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Neema Namadamu. Neema Namadamu is an advocate for peace and a women's rights and disability rights activist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). [1] She founded the Maman Shujaa Media Center to empower women and give them voices to tell their stories.
Major environmental issues in DRC include deforestation, poaching, which threatens wildlife populations, water pollution and mining. A dense tropical rainforest in the DRC's central river basin and eastern highlands is bordered on the east by the Albertine Rift (the western branch of Africa's Great Rift System).
Harvard University (BA) Antioch University (MA) Political party. Green. Parent (s) Betty LaDuke, Sun Bear. Winona LaDuke (born August 18, 1959) is an American environmentalist, writer, and industrial hemp grower, known for her work on tribal land claims and preservation, as well as sustainable development. [1]
Child labor, sexual assault, birth defects, abject poverty, workers buried alive: A new exposé on artisanal cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo lifts the curtain on a ...
Dorceta E. Taylor is an American environmental sociologist known for her work on both environmental justice and racism in the environmental movement. She is the senior associate dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Yale School of the Environment, as well as a professor of environmental justice. [1] Prior to this, she was the director of ...
Women and the environment. In the early 1960s, an interest in women and their connection with the environment was sparked largely by Ester Boserup 's book Woman's Role in Economic Development. [1] Starting in the 1980s, policy makers and governments became more mindful of the connection between the environment and gender issues. [2]
The culture, evolution, and history of women who were born in, live in, and are from the continent of Africa reflect the evolution and history of the African continent itself. Numerous short studies regarding women's history in African nations have been conducted. [1][2][3][4][5][6] Many studies focus on the historic roles and status of women ...
Adult women were legitimate urban dwellers if they were wives, widows, or elderly. Otherwise they were presumed to be femmes libres (free women) and were taxed as income-earning prostitutes, whether they were or not. From 1939 to 1943, over 30% of adult Congolese women in Stanleyville (now Kisangani) were so registered.