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Sijali Kipuli in a VICOBA introductory meeting attentively listening to the facilitators in 2006.

How community banking empowers women in Tanzania

In Tanzania, many urban and rural areas still function under traditional customs that put women at a social and economic disadvantage. Fortunately, those discriminatory traditions, norms, and stereotypes are being challenged. Sijali Kipuli from Somanga Village in Tanzania shows us how a social system in savings and credits can economically liberate the poorest people and empower women.

WWF Board member Vince Pérez on making time for what matters
WWF Magazine: Fall 2020
An avid environmental advocate and renewable energy investor, Vince Pérez first began working with WWF to facilitate debt-for-nature swaps. Years later, his passion for nature hasn't waned.
On Lobby Day, WWF activists head to Capitol Hill to engage leaders on conservation issues
March 15, 2017

The halls of Congress came alive on Tuesday as dozens of WWF activists from across the country met with their representatives to advocate for international conservation funding on Lobby Day 2017.

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How community banking empowers women in Tanzania

WWF Board member Vince Pérez on making time for what matters

On Lobby Day, WWF activists head to Capitol Hill to engage leaders on conservation issues