Can REDD+ bring more women into forest conservation?
Slowly but surely, thinking and talking about gender equality has become normal in much of modern life, from the actor Benedict Cumberbatch demanding equal pay for his female co-stars, to…
Articles by Jennifer Rigby
Jennifer Rigby is a British freelance journalist based in Yangon, Myanmar.
She moved to Myanmar from the UK, where she was working at The Telegraph, just
over a year ago to cover this extraordinary country's transition to democracy and
everything that brings along with it: from free speech to sex education, from the
journeys of refugees to the fight to save the forests.
She writes about women's rights, social issues and the environment for media
including Newsweek, Refinery29, The Telegraph, and IRIN, among others.
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Amazon Conservation
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Endangered Environmentalists
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