One UN Project

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

New York, June 25–As discussions intensify on UN reform at the UN Headquarters in NY, WEDO is closely following the “One UN,” or “Delivering as One” reform processes at the national level. WEDO’s Gender and Governance staff just returned from a vibrant and inspiring meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. WEDO co-organized this consultation with a local partner organization, The Leadership Forum. The meeting brought together representatives from the UN, the government, and a diverse range of local NGOs to discuss how gender and civil society have been integrated in the pilot project so far and make recommendations on how…

Tags: Civil Society Participation, Gender Equality, UN Reform
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GEAR Campaign Update

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

New York, June 25–In the past few weeks, the GEAR Campaign has continued to lobby with allies and speak with governments about the reform process. We have been meeting and working with supportive countries, the Co-chairs of the System-wide Coherence process, and the UN Secretariat to discuss strategies to encourage Member States to adopt a resolution to create the new gender entity by the end of this General Assembly session. Some governments have been strategizing in smaller meetings about how to move the process forward, notably by forming and speaking as North/South groups, researching past UN resolutions to create new…

Tags: GEAR Campaign, UN Reform
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Gender Issues Gain Momentum at Climate Talks in Germany

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

16 June 2009…“Communication lines with Mother Earth have become complicated. Our practices of thousands of years are becoming difficult,” implored an indigenous man from Bolivia, on behalf of his government’s delegation, as Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) met from 1-12 June in Bonn, Germany, to advance negotiation of a climate change framework for post-2012. References to the human dimension of climate change and the policies needed to address it are increasingly common at the ongoing UNFCCC international climate change talks, expected to culminate in an agreement at the Conference of Parties (COP-15) in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December….READ MORE

Tags: Climate Change
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U.N. Human Rights Council Hears Testimony on Link Between Women’s Rights and Climate Change

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

The Women’s UN Report Network has released a statement made before the UN Human Rights Council on June 15th by a coalition of international women’s organizations:

According to the research of the Women’s Environment and Development Organization, women and children are 14 times more likely to die than men are during a disaster….  READ MORE

Tags: Climate Change, Human Rights
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Women’s Groups Seek Gender Equity at U.N. Summit

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 18 (IPS) – An international coalition of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), mostly comprised of women’s groups, is calling for a “gender equitable” response to the global financial crisis, which is to be debated at a U.N. summit of world leaders next week….READ MORE

Tags: UN Reform
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