Tag: Peru
Planting English trees to protect the Peruvian rainforest
When a group of Positive News readers found themselves despairing at the destruction of the rainforest, they resolved to do something
Conservation Environment Society World
Lima’s neurodivergent picnic movement is liberating Peruvians from stigma and abuse
What started as a picnic for neurodiverse people has become a grassroots movement pushing Peruvian society for acceptance and recognition
Health Society Wellbeing
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How a group of Peruvian coffee farmers are thriving despite the odds
The Amazonas region is a leader in sustainable coffee production. Here’s how one coffee co-op is building resilience
Written in partnership with Shared Interest
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The magical moss helping women in rural Peru to become entrepreneurs
In the Peruvian Andes, life is not always easy. Now, sustainable harvesting of sphagnum moss is helping women to thrive
Written in partnership with Shared Interest
Funding female entrepreneurs: the Peruvian businesswoman challenging a global financial sector that’s stacked against women
‘Women can transfer the skills we have from stretching the family income into running businesses,’ says Martha Sócola Morales, an entreprene...
Economics Society World
A dressing down: Miss Universe contestants protest gender violence
Beauty queens hoping to represent Peru at the 2017 Miss Universe competition used their moment in the limelight to draw attention to violenc...
Society
