A 34-year-old-marginal women farmer from Purulia who runs a millet café, a 38-year-old woman farmer from Jharkhand who switched to solar powered pump, and a 41-year-old cyclist from Kolkata, the stories of 15 such women was the highlight of a symposium on Climate change in Kolkata on the occasion of International Women’s Day on Friday.
Officials of different consulates, representatives of the government, NGO’s entrepreneurs lauded the stories of 15 such women from different parts of the country during an international symposium titled ‘Move the Earth Symposium’.
The achievement of the interventions made by the women towards sustainability was highlighted through a publication titled its ‘SHE the Change: 15 years 15 stories’ by Kolkata based SwitchON foundation - an NGO committed to climate change, sustainable farming, and clean air.
