Showcasing women’s increasing involvement in the Green Economy, including
examples of new entrepreneurial ventures and micro-financing programs. The
focus will be on capitalizing upon women’s potential and experiences as innova-
tors and agents of change in regards to adapting to and mitigating climate
change and identifying strategies for bringing them into the mainstream, going
beyond why it is important to empower women in this area to a discussion of
how it is being done.

Panelists:

Betsy Teutsch

Director of Communications, Green Microfinance

Dr. Joanna Rubinstein

Head, Center for Global Health and Economic Development, The Earth Institute, Columbia University

Abidah Billah Setyowati

WOCAN, Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management

Else Larsen

Soroptimist International, Project Women and Climate Change
a project partnership between SI/Denmark and SI/Kenya

Moderator: Nancy Orem Lyman

Sub-Committee on Women and Climate Change

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