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Gender


The role of gender in fire management is often over-looked, but is generally very important. For community based fire management to achieve its goals, the inclusion and direct participation of all sectors of the community, especially women, is fundamental. Women have been shown to be effective at managing fire hazards, improving fire prevention and using fire to protect important natural and cultural assets. Below are some resources concerning a gender-perspective on fire management and the participation of women.

In honor of International Women’s Day 2022, USAID and the U.S. Forest Service, through the FIRE program, invite you to the event “South American Women in Fire”. Firefighters from U.S., Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador will share their experiences in fire prevention and management (08 March 2022 02:00 PM Lima / Peru time)

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Awards

Soo Ing-Moody, Mayor of Twisp, Washington, U.S.A., was honored for her courageous management of the wildfire emergency. Soo Ing-Moody is a former staff of the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC)

Media

Merikin tradition: Akilah Jaramogi remembers hill rice was just one of many crops her grandmother planted as part of a Merikin tradition of agricultural self-sufficiency. Photo by Shereen Ali

Trinidad and Tobago: The St. Ann’s community-based Fondes Amandes Community Reforestation Project (FACRP) has engaged private- and public-sector stakeholders for its second series of consultations to develop a comprehensive draft national bush and forest fire policy (DNBFF). Merikin tradition: Akilah Jaramogi remembers hill rice was just one of many crops her grandmother planted as part of a Merikin tradition of agricultural self-sufficiency. Photo by Shereen Ali.

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