Environment and Her News

From environment heroes to women-centric solutions for environmental problems, our stories in this series explore how the environment impacts women uniquely. What are these challenges and are women equipped to handle them?

Geeta Kini, a jamun cultivator, holds an umbrella to protect the produce from heavy rainfall. She says that previously, at least 50 women would sell jamuns by the roads. This year, there were very few of them, owing to a huge loss of jamuns, according to her. Image by Rushikesh More.

Stories no longer lost in translation

Saumitra Shinde 13 May 2025

Women in Odisha selling dry fish.

Marine fishing ban in Odisha leads to loss of income for women involved in allied activities

Aishwarya Mohanty 26 Sep 2022

[Podcast] GigaWhat: Transforming lives with decentralised clean energy

Mayank Aggarwal and Kartik Chandramouli 22 Aug 2022

[Interview] Just representation in climate policies empowers women, says Saudamini Das

Sahana Ghosh 18 Aug 2022

During summer months, MGNREGS workers start work before dawn, and try to wrap up before noon. However, such measures aren’t sustainable, say experts. India’s economy is highly dependent on heat-exposed labour with an overwhelming 75% of the labour force, close to 380 million people. Photo by Mahima Jain.

Can MGNREGS work as a social protection scheme for women in heat-stressed areas?

Mahima Jain 2 Aug 2022

Saffron, biodiversity and glaciers: Kashmir’s women scientists lead climate action

Hirra Azmat 26 Jul 2022

[Photos] Maharashtra’s female farm workforce struggles in the shadows of floods

Sanket Jain 23 Jun 2022

A woman walks across a mini-solar grid plant in Gumla district. Photo by Manish Kumar/Mongabay

Solar mini-grids fuel women-led enterprises in Jharkhand’s Gumla district

Manish Kumar 22 Apr 2022

Maldhari going to Banaskantha. Photo by Ravleen Kaur.

A decade on, India’s first solar park has many promises left to fulfil

Ravleen Kaur 18 Mar 2022

India’s women and children highly vulnerable to climate change yet missing in climate policies

Azera Parveen Rahman 1 Mar 2022

Gond women take charge of water and farming in their village

Jigyasa Mishra 1 Feb 2022

Women farmers of Odisha navigate impacts of extreme weather events while pushing for recognition

Manish Kumar 4 Jan 2022

Members of a women-led group, most involved in farming, in front of solar panels powering irrigation in Jharkhand. Photo by Srikant Chaudhary/Mongabay.

Small steps are making energy sector more inclusive for women

Sahana Ghosh 23 Nov 2021

Women and feminist groups demand gender equality and inclusion of diverse voices at COP26

Priyanka Shankar 16 Nov 2021

Dhriti Banerjee, a forensic entomologist, on the field. Photo from ZSI.

[Interview] The glass ceiling has been shattered, says ZSI’s first woman director

Sahana Ghosh 3 Sep 2021

How Sarmoli became a poster child of ecotourism in Uttarakhand

Archana Singh 21 Jun 2021

Women from Kerala weave a solution to the region’s climate woes

Catherine Gilon 31 May 2021

Women farmers at work in their vegetable plots near Kullu town, Himachal Pradesh, India. Photo by CIAT - NP Himachal Pradesh 68/Wikimedia Commons.

Increased farm work negatively impacts women’s nutrition: study

Sahana Ghosh 14 May 2021

Women in a rice field in India (Tamil Nadu). Achievements of global goals on health, water, sanitation and matters of gender equality and their anticipated impacts on forests remain poorly researched. Photo by Deepak Kumar/Unsplash.

Study finds some UN SDGs could damage forests, some others may be beneficial

Sahana Ghosh 31 Mar 2021

The woman who breaks stereotypes while rescuing wildlife in Kashmir

Athar Parvaiz 3 Mar 2021

Odisha forest officer gets UN Award for environment enforcement, gender leadership

Sahana Ghosh 18 Feb 2021

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