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Born and raised in Oman, Rumaitha Al Busaidi is known for her extensive work empowering women through environmental education.  Part-time athlete, part-time women’s rights advocate, Rumaitha stands for what she believes in – unlocking women’s potential. Supporting women in building career confidence Rumaitha is certainly one of a kind, and she enjoys

Significant progress was made during COP28, but the pace of improvement on the gender balance front remained slow. In fact, unfortunately, only 38 percent of party delegations were women – an increase on COP27, where 34 percent were women.   However, despite this challenge, there were positive steps taken, including the launch

When Mailes Zulu's husband secured a job in one of Zambia's largest prisons, he often returned home with shocking tales of mistreatment faced by women with children. Many of these women were victims of gender-based violence, trapped in abusive relationships due to a lack of financial independence. Through her husband's

The "Making Every Voice Count for Adaptive Management" (MEV-CAM) Initiative was created in 2020 and alters the way South-South knowledge management is approached by using local and indigenous knowledge to restore degraded drylands with more sustainable practices. By empowering communities and stakeholders to demonstrate their skills, express their challenges, and

In the arid landscapes of Iran, where the unforgiving sun and effects of climate change are taking their toll on dryland communities, a remarkable woman has been transforming women’s participation in land management. Dr Tayebe Mesbahzadeh, an Associate Professor at the University of Tehran, is leading the battle against desertification

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) co-organized a series of side-events on the margins of the Twenty-First session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 21) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) that was held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan

The JP GTA collaborated with FAO’s Gender Team and the WeCaN community of Knowledge Practice for the Sustainable Forest Management Impact Program on Dryland Sustainable Landscapes (DSL-IP) to build the capacity of 20 development practitioners and service providers during a four-day virtual training workshop on gender transformative and climate-resilient dimensions of agricultural

The Islamic Republic of Iran's National Resource and Watershed Organization (NRWO) has just concluded a dynamic week-long study tour to China, returning with invaluable insights and a fervent commitment to foster South-South knowledge exchange and collaboration in the sphere of forest and grassland rehabilitation.   The tour, supported by the Food and

In the heart of Tanzania's Maasai community, Grace Scorey is rewriting the narrative of gender inequality and transforming the lives of women and girls. From a young age, Grace was determined to create a better future for women and girls in her community. This set her on a trailblazing path

Hijaba Ykhanbai founded his Civil Society Organisation, the Environment and Development Association (JASIL, meaning “green” in the local language), in 2003 with one main goal: to improve land use and green areas in his home country of Mongolia through co-management. In fact, in Mongolia, land management is a crucial issue. Over