Women News
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Medical PPE unfit for women on Covid-19 frontlinesWomen’s network calls for basic standards to bridge gender divide, as gear, designed for men, is often too big and restrictive. -
Renewable energy jobs grew globally in 2020 despite Covid-19 crisisClean energy jobs rose to 12 million last year even amid the pandemic but officials say green employment must come with decent conditions and bring in more women.
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India’s parliamentarians make a start in understanding riversMany gaps remain, many discredited ideas are pushed, but a look from the river basin perspective a step forward in the latest report by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Water Resources. -
Zero Waste SG exec director Pek Hai Lin moves on to sustainability role at GrabThe former teacher has helmed the waste-reduction NGO for the last four years. The search is now on for her successor.
Women Opinion
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The United States owes a massive climate debt. One way to pay it: Let in climate migrants.– By making it easier for people to migrate to the United States, President Biden could give a much needed boost to countries hard hit by climate change. -
2 million women die from tobacco use every year. It's time the tobacco industry stopped exploiting womenCSR
2 million women die from tobacco use every year. It's time the tobacco industry stopped exploiting women
– This International Women's Day, tobacco industry watchdog Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance calls on governments to support women cigarette factory workers to transition to alternative jobs, and tobacco companies to stop marketing their products to women. -
Women in climate tech: A US$50 trillion opportunity to shatter the glass ceiling– Women entrepreneurs entering climate tech now represent the greatest opportunity for women to drive equality in the c-suite and boardroom, writes Marie Cheong.
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