HAVANA, Cuba, May 12 (ACN) A Cuban delegation participated in the II Meeting of the Regional Working Group on Gender and Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean, of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of the region, held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
Adianez Taboada Zamora, deputy minister of Science, Technology and Environment, and Martha Rodríguez Uratsuka, vice president of the Environment Agency, who represented Cuba, learned that the continent is home to some 335 million women and girls, of whom at least 63 million live in rural areas and in direct and constant interaction with the environment, although there are still great gaps in terms of their ability to fully exer