{"id":699,"date":"2025-03-07T19:31:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T20:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/?p=699"},"modified":"2025-03-13T17:12:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T17:12:43","slug":"empowering-women-through-exploring-the-wild-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/empowering-women-through-exploring-the-wild-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering Women Through Exploring the Wild Together"},"content":{"rendered":"

Equal rights. Equal opportunities. Equal power.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Join Nat Hab on March 8, 2025, to celebrate International Women\u2019s Day under the theme, \u201cFor ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s theme \u201ccalls for action that can unlock equal rights, power and opportunities for all and a feminist future where no one is left behind. Central to this vision is empowering the next generation\u2014youth, particularly young women and adolescent girls\u2014as catalysts for lasting change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Women and girls suffer disproportionately<\/span><\/a> from the <\/span>impacts of biodiversity loss and climate change.<\/a> Studies<\/a> show that gender inequality exacerbates<\/span> these vulnerabilities and threatens their livelihoods, health, safety and security.<\/p>\n

Empowering women\u2019s participation in conservation\u00a0uplifts communities and transforms lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nat Hab Guests on a Women\u2019s Journey<\/a> in Churchill, Manitoba. Photographed by Nat Hab Expedition Leader \u00a9 Giulia Ciampini.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Trailblazers of the Travel Industry<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Did you know\u00a0the average U.S. traveler is a 47-year-old woman? Women have an outsize influence in the travel industry:<\/strong> They represent 57.1% of all travelers in the United States, make nearly 85% of all travel decisions<\/a> and make up the lion\u2019s share of the global tourism workforce at 54%.<\/p>\n

According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, the gender wage gap is lower in tourism, and the proportion of women in leadership roles is higher than in other industries. UNWTO and UN Women assert that keeping women\u2019s empowerment at the \u2018Center Stage\u2019<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0of sustainable tourism development will help them achieve their ambitious goal for global gender equality by 2030.<\/p>\n

Tourism enhances cultural appreciation, generates new economic opportunities, and encourages environmental stewardship across local communities. Increasingly, women are breaking gender barriers by taking on roles traditionally held by men, such as tour guides and naturalists.<\/p>\n

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Nat Hab Expedition Leader Payal Mehta<\/a>. Photographed by Nat Hab Staff \u00a9 Dana Cama.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Here are a few ways women are driving meaningful change on a global level:<\/h3>\n