Razan Al Mubarak becomes first woman from the Arab world to head IUCN

[Lisbeth]

by Mongabay.com on 8 September 2021

- Razan Al Mubarak was today elected President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), one of the world’s largest and best-known conservation institutions.
- Ms. Al Mubarak is the first woman from the Arab world to head IUCN and only the second woman to run lead the 73-year-old conservation organization.
- Ms. Al Mubarak was elected during IUCN’s World Conservation Congress, which started last week and is taking place in Marseille, France.
- IUCN is a membership organization composed of 1,400 government bodies and NGOs. The group is perhaps best known for its Red List of Threatened Species, which helps set conservation priorities worldwide.

Read the article here: https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/razan ... 6184f5e008

[Richprins]

Aren't we meant to be getting past celebrating everyone besides a white male doing something?

But well done!

[Lisbeth]