Zainab Salbi, co-founder of the environmental nonprofit organization Daughters for Earth, is bringing attention to the lack of acknowledgement and financial support received by women-led organizations, where incredible work and innovations are being held back by lack of funding. Women making practical changes behind the scenes continually go unnoticed. They are neglected in philanthropic donations, with the majority of this money going to the 20 largest, predominantly male-led, organizations. With numerous large technology-based projects in motion, attention must finally be given to crucial smaller-scale projects such as Filha do Sol—a women-led effort to restore degraded mangrove forests in Northwest Brazil. With adequate funding, this project could prevent the release of 42,177,836 tons of carbon into the atmosphere, as well as improve the livelihoods of local communities who depend on these forests for their food and income. To help scale-up and maximize the impact of projects like this, Daughters for Earth is raising and deploying $100 million to women-led environmental projects across the globe.
