Photo: 2023 Kenya Global Conference participant Vicky Wanjohi at work in Botswana’s Okavango Delta; Great Spine of Africa project. Photo: Charles Thalefang
Weaving Voices, Action, and Spirit: A Global Gathering of Women, Nature’s Guardians
The 2025 Global Networking Event, titled Weaving Voices, Action, and Spirit: A Global Gathering of Women, Nature’s Guardians, took place in Veracruz, Mexico, from April 1–3, 2025.
We were honored to bring together 100 women guardians of nature, representing 75 organizations across 15 countries and 11 Mexican states. The event fostered a powerful, inspiring space for connection and collective action among women working in conservation—both in Mexico and around the world.
Help Shape the Future of WiNN: Join Our Board of Directors!
We’re looking for our next Board of Directors for the 2025–2027 term! Whether you’ve been part of WiNN for years or are just getting to know us, if you’re passionate about our mission and ready to help bring our vision to life, this is a meaningful opportunity to get involved. Applications are open through June 16, 2025.
TIME Magazine honos Purnima Devi Barnam as a 2025 Woman Of The Year
WiNN member Purnima Devi Barnam chosen as one of Time Magazine’s 2025 Women of the Year for her work saving the endangered Greater Adjutant stork!
WiNN Women Speak at TEDx!
Three women in the WiNN collective — Ankita Shah, Kayce Anderson, and Rebecca Kormos— were speakers at a TEDx event screened at watch parties and in homes around the world on January 19, 2025. All are women innovating solutions protecting habitats and species and increasing gender equity. Other speakers included Zainab Salbi from Daughters for Earth; Jacqueline Farmer from Nature Through Her Eyes/VII Foundation and many more inspiring women working on behalf of women and our planet!
Florence Aghomo Wins SCB Young Women in Conservation Biology Award
Florence Aghoma was awarded the 2024 Young Women in Conservation Biology (YWCB) Award by the Society for Conservation Biology Africa Region’s Young Women in Conservation Biology initiative.
Rebecca Kormos publishes “Intertwined”
Rebecca Kormos, one of WiNN’s 14 original founding members, just published a new book exploring the deep weave of connection between women, nature, and climate justice. Her deeply researched, beautiful book has been endorsed by Jane Goodall, Bill McKibben, Cristina Mittermeier and Ashley Judd, among others.
May 2024: Purnima Devi Barnum wins 2024 Whitley Gold Award!
Purnima Devi Barman, a wildlife biologist from India, was awarded the 2024 Whitley Gold Award to continue her work to protect the Greater Adjutant Stork – or ‘hargila’ in the local language – and its wetland habitat. The work of Purnima and her “Hargila Army” comprised of thousands of local women have helped quadruple the number of local birds to more than 1,800. Looking ahead, Purnima now wants to double the global population of the bird to 5,000 by 2030, working across the stork’s range in India and Cambodia.
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