CSW67 event highlights digitalization’s potential to bridge the gender gap in mountains
"Technologies such as the internet are allowing mountain women to organize themselves into 'networks of solidarity'," said Sara Manuelli, Advocacy and Outreach Officer at the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, at the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. She was speaking at an information day on bridging the gender...
"Restoring mountain ecosystems" theme of International Mountain Day 2023
Restoring mountain ecosystems is the theme of this year's International Mountain Day on 11 December. This theme was selected to fully include mountains in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030, co-led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN and the UN Environment Programme. The Decade is...
UN recognizes multi-country effort to protect mountain ecosystems
The United Nations (UN) has recognized a collaborative initiative to protect mountain landscapes in Kyrgyzstan, Rwanda, Serbia and Uganda as one of 10 pioneering efforts to revive the natural world. The UN designated the work, which is helping to safeguard a range of imperilled species, including mountain gorillas and snow leopards,...
MP members call for attention to mountains and the cryosphere at the UN 2023 Water Conference
Mountains are the world's water towers – providing water to both people living in the mountains and to around 2 billion people living in connected lowland areas. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically Target 6.6, recognize mountains' important role, calling for the protection and restoration of water-related ecosystems, including mountains,...

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28.03.2023

MP members call for attention to mountains and the cryosphere at the UN 2023 Water Conference

MP members call for attention to mountains and the cryosphere at the UN 2023 Water Conference

Mountains are the world's water towers – providing water to both people living in the mountains and to around 2 billion people living in connected lowland areas. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically Target 6.6, recognize mountains' important role, calling for the protection and restoration of water-related ecosystems, including mountains,...

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24.03.2023

Utah students advocate for mountain women and girls at CSW67

Utah students advocate for mountain women and girls at CSW67

"Empowering rural women in mountains is crucial to eradicating hunger and poverty," said Rosalaura Romeo, Interim Coordinator of the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, during the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. In alignment with this goal, the Permanent Mission of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Utah International Mountain...

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