International Mountain Day 2022: FAO aims spotlight on gender equality
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today marked International Mountain Day 2022 with a high-level event at its headquarters in Rome, a series of celebrations around the world and a new study that sheds light on the issue of gender equality in mountains. International Mountain Day,...
Mountain resolution approved at the United Nations
The Economic and Financial Committee (Second Committee) of the United Nations General Assembly approved the new resolution on sustainable mountain development on 22 November 2022 during its seventy-seventh session. The resolution, which was co-sponsored by 110 States, discusses the social, environmental and economic statuses of mountain peoples and ecosystems and...
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,...
International Mountain Day: Spotlighting cultural heritage and ethical fashion
Under the theme “Women move mountains”, global celebrations of International Mountain Day (IMD) 2022 began at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Headquarters on Friday, 9 December with opening remarks from high-level guests followed by a fashion show by Stella Jean. Celebrating IMD at FAO, this event...

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Women move mountains: artisans collaborate with fashion designer Stella Jean in the Peruvian Andes

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04.01.2023

Utah student coalition advocates for mountains in 2022, plans for 2023

Utah student coalition advocates for mountains in 2022, plans for 2023

Since 2011, the Utah International Mountain Forum (UIMF) – a coalition of student clubs at Utah Valley University (UVU), a member of the Mountain Partnership – has used the student-engaged learning (SEL) method to advocate for the sustainable development of mountain communities and for mountain families, women, and girls in...

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21.12.2022

Mountain women from eight countries planning expedition to Mount Aconcagua

Mountain women from eight countries planning expedition to Mount Aconcagua

The Mountain Women of the World network is planning its first group expedition as a transnational collective of women-centred mountaineering groups. Mountain women from Argentina, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Chile, Italy, Kenya, Nepal and the United Republic of Tanzania will gather together to climb Mount Aconcagua on 4–21...

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