| Dear Friends,
Women’s Earth Alliance turned 20 last month. And as we reflect on two decades of organizing, partnership, and impact—and look ahead to the deep and necessary work still to be done—we continue to come back to this truth: the gift of an alliance is that we are never doing this work alone.
Our 2025 Impact Report offers a closer look at the solutions in action across that alliance: women organizing mutual aid, building bridges of communication and knowledge sharing, growing community enterprises, restoring land and water, and creating the conditions for safety and stability to take root over time.
In the weeks ahead, our team will participate in the Project Dandelion Delegation at the Skoll World Forum, gather with leaders from around the world at Women Deliver, and convene partners from throughout Indonesia for our largest-ever WEA Market Day featuring women’s eco-enterprises—continuing to build on what is already in motion across our alliance, transforming lives, and creating a more just and thriving future.
Thank you for being a part of this vital work.
With care,
Amira, Melinda and Kahea
Co-Executive Directors, Women’s Earth Alliance
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Our 2025 Impact Report is here!
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During a year when so much felt uncertain, when funding disappeared overnight and hard-won protections were rolled back, grassroots women’s leadership mattered more than ever.
We are proud to share Women’s Earth Alliance’s 2025 Impact Report. Inside, you will find stories of women who built and implemented solutions in the midst of wildfires, floods, and funding crises. In 2025, WEA trained 6,100 women and girls in environmental solutions across nine countries, reaching 1.83 million people across Kenya, Indonesia, Mexico, the U.S., and beyond with access to clean water and healthier food systems, restored ecosystems, sustainable livelihoods, and more.
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Women's Earth Alliance Welcomes Cynthia Nimmo
as Inaugural Senior Fellow
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| Cynthia Nimmo joins WEA as our inaugural Senior Fellow, bringing over 25 years of leadership in philanthropic networks, including as President and CEO of Women’s Funding Network, where she united more than 100 organizations investing in gender equity and systems change. Through the Senior Fellowship, experienced allies walk alongside our team, partners, and broader community as strategists, thought partners, and community builders—deepening what’s possible in the years ahead.
Cynthia brings a deep understanding of WEA’s work, along with a clear, grounded voice for the powerful transformation happening in communities around the world. We are so glad she is walking with us.
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Meeting the Moment: WEA’s U.S. Relief and Resilience Program
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WEA Leaders at the 2019 U.S. Grassroots Accelerator for Women Environmental Leaders at OAEC.
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WEA’s U.S. Relief and Resilience Program supports a growing network of more than 100 women leaders and women-led organizations across the United States and U.S. Territories who are advancing environmental solutions, strengthening community health, and responding to urgent challenges on the ground. The program moves flexible resources quickly and provides ongoing mentorship and strategic support for our alliance.
Through wraparound support for our alliance, grant opportunities, and pathways to deeper partnerships, this program supports women in our network like Tracy Charles-Smith, Native Village of Dot Lake Tribal Council President, who runs over 40 tribal programs serving her community—from food security and subsistence practices to behavioral health and environmental advocacy. It also supports leaders like Irene Ruiz, Director at Idaho Organization of Resource Councils, who works with farmworker communities on climate resilience and is navigating a surge in urgent needs following immigration raids.
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Watch: Voices from the Ocean: a World WEAver Event with Sirenas de México
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During Women’s History Month, WEA gathered with Program Lead Sirenas de México for a World WEAver conversation exploring how women across Mexico’s coastal communities are stepping into fisheries and marine conservation—shaping decisions, protecting coastal ecosystems, and opening new pathways for others to lead.
Sirenas co-founders Mitzi Leal, Elba López, and Hañela Ancona shared what it takes to make this shift possible—from creating safety in the water to building collective strength through ocean monitoring and skill-sharing. In just two years, the Sirenas network has grown from two women to 55, with women now leading their own expeditions and protecting more than 3,200 hectares of marine ecosystems.
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Growing Sustainable Coffee:
Climate-Smart Agriculture in Uganda
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Women farmers play a key role in coffee cultivation—preparing the land, tending seedlings, and shaping quality from the ground up.
In Uganda, UWWI is strengthening a women-led coffee value chain rooted in climate-smart agriculture. Through training in sustainable cultivation, nursery management, and agroforestry, women are intercropping coffee with fruit trees, restoring soil health and biodiversity while building resilient livelihoods. Today, 200 WEA Leaders are growing coffee as a primary income source while leading reforestation and nursery enterprises that support the ecosystems they depend on.
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Restoring Life Underwater: Coral Reef Conservation with
CMC Tiga Warna
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At the start of 2026, WEA’s Indonesia Program Lead CMC Tiga Warna expanded its restoration work to the reef beyond their shoreline through a partnership with Biorock Indonesia, led by WEA Leader Tasya Karissa. From building reef structures to transplanting coral and monitoring growth, the team are laying the foundation for a living coral garden. Indonesia is home to some of the most biodiverse coral reefs in the world, yet up to 86% have been damaged—making efforts like this to restore and protect them especially urgent.
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Rooting Resilience: Community-Led Reforestation in Rwanda
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Earlier this year, in Musanze District, Rwanda, Program Lead Conservation Heritage–Turambe (CHT) joined local leaders and residents for Igitondo cy’isuku, a nationally recognized day of collective action and environmental stewardship. Together, they planted native trees along local pathways to restore ecosystems and strengthen the landscape for the future. WEA Leaders also took home fruit tree seedlings, including avocado and tree tomato, to plant in their communities. These trees will provide fruit to share or sell, help families save money on groceries, and improve the soil.
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| Purpose-driven Partnerships
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Exciting Spring Partnerships: Veronica Beard, Mijenta,
KYLA Hard Kombucha
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This season, we’re thrilled to team up with New York–based fashion brand Veronica Beard, connecting everyday choices to the growing impact of women’s leadership. Now through the end of June, a portion of every online VB order will support WEA’s work around the world.
Since 2022, Mijenta Tequila has partnered with WEA to support women-led organizations across Mexico. Now, from April 1–30, $1 of each bottle sold will be donated to Women’s Earth Alliance in honor of Earth Month.
As a women-led brand committed to mindful production and community impact, KYLA Hard Kombucha brings a spirit of purpose and creativity to our collaboration. We’re grateful to partner together to amplify WEA’s work for a more just and regenerative future.
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Welcome to our Newest Business Partners
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We’re deeply grateful to be in partnership with a growing community of values-aligned businesses helping to advance women-led climate solutions around the world.
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| Our Global Alliance in Action
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- During San Francisco Climate Week on April 21, join WEA Leader Sneha Ayyagari and Green Empowerment for Force of Water: Women Leading Climate Solutions, a film screening and conversation highlighting how women are leading community-driven solutions to the global water crisis as international aid continues to decline.
- On International Women’s Day, Senior Fellow Cynthia Nimmo joined filmmaker, artist, and author Tiffany Shlain for Feminist Art + Action, sharing WEA’s work alongside leaders and artists exploring how collective action and creative expression can advance and protect women’s rights.
- Indonesia Program Manager Melisa Apriyani was selected from over 450 applicants to present WEA’s Eco-entrepreneurship Lab at the Asian Development Banks’ Community Resilience Partnership Program Forum in Bangkok, where 160+ leaders gathered to explore how locally rooted solutions can grow and reach more communities.
- Co-Founder/Co-Executive Director Melinda Kramer was featured in Washington Magazine, the official publication of Washington University in St. Louis, highlighting the importance of women-led solutions in addressing environmental challenges around the world.
- In Bali, Program Lead Pratisara Bumi Foundation shared products from women eco-entrepreneurs at an event hosted by the Australian Consulate-General. They featured groups like SBK Sasirangan, Pinalo, Seratnusa, and Ine Lawo, and shared WEA’s Eco-entrepreneurship Toolkit.
- Our latest Medium article, “Where Violence Against Women and the Earth Intersect” explores how the conditions that endanger ecosystems and the conditions that endanger women are not separate problems. They share roots, and they share solutions.
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