Event
Panel - Women and the environment: facing up to climate challenges
May 23, 2025
1 p.m. Montreal time
Virtual
Event organized in partnership with the Réseau des femmes en environnement
Around the world, women are at the heart of the response to climate change. They cultivate the land, manage water and protect natural resources, while supporting their communities in the face of drought, floods and other extreme events.
Yet, despite their essential role, they are all too often excluded from the decision-making arena, and have difficulty gaining access to the resources they need to take full action. Why do climate issues particularly affect women? How does their involvement transform community responses? And above all, what can we do collectively to strengthen their power to act?This panel offers a rich conversation around the driving role of women in managing environmental crises. In collaboration with the Réseau des femmes en environnement, panelists will highlight concrete initiatives carried out by committed women in the field. Volunteering, training, community mobilization: powerful levers for action to build a fairer, greener and more united future.
With the participation of :
- Blandine Tchamou - Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Corsica for centr'ERE (UQAM)
- Tara Orange - Strategic planning volunteer, CECI Bolivia
- Ermitha Mingot - Engineer-agronomist specializing in economics and rural development
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Blandine Tchamou
Blandine Tchamou worked as an environmental activist in Cameroon from 1999 to 2012. She resumed her studies from 2013 to 2022 in France, finishing with a doctoral thesis. Blandine is currently a post-doctoral student at the University of Corsica for centr'ERE (Centre de recherche en éducation et formation relatives à l'environnement et à l'écocitoyenneté) at the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM).
Tara Orange
Blandine Tchamou worked as an environmental activist in Cameroon from 1999 to 2012. She resumed her studies from 2013 to 2022 in France, finishing with a doctoral thesis. Blandine is currently a post-doctoral student at the University of Corsica for centr'ERE (Centre de recherche en éducation et formation relatives à l'environnement et à l'écocitoyenneté) at the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM).Tara Orange is a strategic planning volunteer with the CECI Bolivia team. With a degree in international development and a concentration in the environment from McGill University, she is particularly interested in the human impacts of climate change. Along the way, she has developed an expertise in climate migration, a growing geopolitical issue. Her experience includes working with Palestinian refugees in Jordan and supporting Amazonian communities affected by fires, with a focus on the human realities of forced displacement.
Ermitha Mingot
Ermitha Mingot is an agricultural engineer specializing in economics and rural development. She also holds a trainer's certificate in agricultural cooperative management (ITCILO) and a certificate in agroforestry focusing on coffee and cocoa (INAF, Cuba). With over 11 years' experience in development projects in Haiti, she places particular emphasis on gender equality. Her areas of expertise include agricultural financing, drinking water, sanitation, women's empowerment and cooperative management. A founding member of the Youth Parliament for Water and Sanitation - which she also co-chaired - and an active member of the Rotary Club, Ermitha is deeply committed to community service. She currently holds the position of Assistant Project Manager and EFH Specialist for CECI's Green Corridor project in Haiti.
Thanks to our partners
Event presented by the Réseau des femmes en environnement as part of CECI's volunteer cooperation program, funded by the Government of Canada.
