AMMAN — ARDD launched the “She is the earth; she is the green future” motto
for International Women’s Day to celebrate women’s leadership role in
addressing climate change challenges, according to a press statement by the
Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD).
اضافة اعلان
On the occasion of
International Women’s Day, marked on March 8 of every
year, ARDD came up with the motto as an umbrella title for its activities that
pay tribute to women who had a pioneering role in facing climate challenges.
As part of its various activities to celebrate International Women’s
Day, ARDD is launching a video on the efforts and achievements of eight
pioneering Arab women who contributed through various initiatives to taking on
environmental, agricultural, and urban challenges in the Arab region.
These Initiatives were often the first of their kind in the field of
environmental development, renewable energy, and environmental health; they
involved preparing studies on the optimal use of irrigation water, launching
initiatives that develop the local environmental movement and protect the
fragile pastoral environment, and visionary work designing schools and green
buildings.
The initiatives also included agricultural projects to confront
desertification and drought and rehabilitate agricultural lands that were
destroyed due to settlement, as well as waste recycling projects.
ARDD will hold on Tuesday an online dialogue session at 6:30pm
celebrating the efforts and leadership of women to build a sustainable future.
The session will include the launch of the report “Green Economy and
Circular Economy: The UN as a Catalyst of Change for Refugees?” Prepared by
researchers Francesca Albanese and Ciara Patterson. The report tackles circular
economy, green economy, and the intersectionality of humanitarianism and
sustainable development in the Levant.
The report seeks to motivate UN agencies such as UNRWA to work alongside
civil society to play a leading role in promoting an effective environmental
culture, and to urge governments to adopt, participate in and benefit from the
findings in the report.
The session will also shed light on the contributions of women in the
Levant, Tunisia, and Indonesia in the field of circular economy and green
economy.
ARDD adds its voice to that of the international community, specifically
civil society organizations in the region, to call on stakeholders, decision-makers,
and policy-makers to include women in their work and benefit from their
experience in building a sustainable future.
ARDD also calls to strengthen the work of
local organizations to ensure
adherence to policies that promote the environmental sustainability agenda,
knowing that the most vulnerable groups, of which women and girls constitute
the majority, will bear the brunt of climate change and natural disasters that
may arise, which should make governments urgently adopt sound policies and strategies
to confront the consequences of climate change.
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