The NGO Committee on the Status of Women and The NGO Committee on the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

[ March 6, 2009; ]

New York, NY

WEDO is on the panel “Equal Sharing of Responsibilities in Adapting to Climate Change: A Challenge to Gender Inequality” from 2-3:30 pm at the Church Center, 777 UN Plaza, Boss Room, 8th Floor.

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GEAR Campaign Strategy Session New York

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

[ March 1, 2009; ]

(Private – by invitation only)

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DEVELOPMENT: Global Coalition Backs New U.N. Gender Body

Monday, March 30th, 2009

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 30 (IPS) – An international coalition of over 300 women’s organisations and human rights groups, representing more than 50 countries, is lending its support to a proposal aimed at creating a strong new women’s body at the United Nations…READ MORE

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WEDO Events

Monday, March 30th, 2009

February
February 25— The Women’s Foreign Policy Careers Fair at New York University
New York, NY
WEDO Executive Director, Xuan Nguyen, will participate as a mentor. Learn more about the fair here.

February 27-March 2nd— Power Shift 2009
Washington DC
WEDO is on the Gender Equity, Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals panel
To find out more please visit http://www.powershift09.org/ and register here.

March
March 1—GEAR Campaign Strategy Session
New York
((Private – by invitation only)

March 2—CSW Linkage Caucus
New York, NY
The caucus is an opportunity to discuss the links between issues under review at the annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meeting. It will be held 5-6pm at the UN Conference Room B.

March 3—CSW Climate Change Side Event
New York, NY
WEDO will co-sponsor a side event “The Climate Change Negotiations – an Action Agenda” at this year’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meeting. The event will be held 4:30-6 pm at the UN Dag Hammarskjold Library (DHL) Auditorium.

March 3—GEAR Campaign Event
New York, NY
WEDO will co-sponsor an event with the Center for Women’s Global Leadership and International Planned Parenthood Federation on the GEAR Campaign with 4-5:30pm at the Church Center, 777 UN Plaza 2nd Floor.

March 3—National Council for Research on Women
New York, NY
WEDO will attend the “Making a Difference for Women Awards Dinner”
Visit http://www.ncrw.org/ to learn about NCRW and this year’s honorees.

March 6— The NGO Committee on the Status of Women and The NGO Committee on the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People
New York, NY
WEDO is on the panel “Equal Sharing of Responsibilities in Adapting to Climate Change: A Challenge to Gender Inequality” from 2-3:30 pm at the Church Center, 777 UN Plaza, Boss Room, 8th Floor.

March 6—CSW Linkage Caucus
New York, NY
The caucus is an opportunity to discuss the links between issues under review at the annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meeting. It will be held 5-6pm at the UN Conference Room B.

March 6— Half the Sky: Climate Change, Women and Population
New York, NY
WEDO is co-sponsoring this panel discussion with the Public Health Student Group at Steinhardt, NYC Sierra Club & Brighter Green

March 7—GEAR Campaign Strategy Session
New York
((Private – by invitation only)

March 7— The International Colloquium for Women’s Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace & Security
Monrovia, Liberia
WEDO Executive Director, Xuan Nguyen, will present on a Gender and Climate Change panel at this exciting meeting and Colette Tamko, Gender and Governance Program Coordinator, will also attend. Click here to learn more about the Colloquium.

March 8 —International Women’s Day

March 19-21—Meeting on the Reform of International Institutions
Parliament of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
Nadia Johnson, WEDO’s Economic & Social Justice Program Coordinator, will participate in this Ubuntu Forum event focused on global environmental governance. Click here for details!

March 27 -March 29— 1st NY Women’s Conference for Sustainability: Mobilizing for Climate Stability
Southampton, NY
WEDO is a partner on this conference with Women’s Initiatives for a Sustainable Earth (WISE). WEDO is also speaking on a panel. Please visit http://sowise.org to register for this event.

March 28-April 8—United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Intersessional
Bonn, Germany
As the next round of UNFCCC negotiations takes place, WEDO will be there to advocate for the inclusion of a gender perspective as part of the lead-up to this year’s pivotal international climate change meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark. For more information about this meeting and the upcoming Copenhagen meeting click here.

April
April 3-5— From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom WEDO on Climate Justice/Reproductive Justice panel
More information about this conference coming soon!

April 17— Fair Climate Event/From Katrina to Copenhagen
New Orleans, LA
WEDO is organizing, co-hosting and co-sponsoring an event with the National Wildlife Federation and Advocates for Environmental Human Rights.
More information about this event coming soon!
For more information on WEDO’s Campaign on Climate Change, click here.

April 30-May 1— Ready or Not? A Conference on Issues and Solution for Adapting to Climate Change
Washington, DC
WEDO is a co-sponsor of this important panel. Xuan Nguyen, WEDO Executive Director will be speaking.

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Advance Women’s Rights–Sign GEAR Campaign Petition!

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

New York, March 26–This year, at the United Nations 53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the GEAR Campaign launched a global petition (for individuals) that calls for the creation of a new, stronger women’s entity at the UN. The petition specifically demands an ambitiously funded new entity with meaningful involvement of civil society at all levels, both in the process of creating the entity and in all aspects of its work.

“A UN women’s agency will not speak for women, but will ensure that at long last, women’s own voices can be heard, at all…

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