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GEAR Campaign—More Work to be Done!

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

New York, October 21–On September 14th, the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted the Resolution on System-wide Coherence, allowing for the creation of a new, stronger composite women’s agency at the UN.  This is a victory for women across the globe, and an exciting moment for all those who worked tirelessly to bring this idea to reality. The GEAR Campaign’s work is not yet over, however! 

We are currently reaching out to the Secretary-General and the President of the 64th session of the GA, calling on them to move forward with the transition process to will lead to the launching…

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Posted in Global Governance, News |

Give your Input to the Gender and Climate Change Working Group Charter

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Greetings Climate Change Advocates!

Gender CC is a network of advocates involved in the climate change negotiations in the lead up to this year’s major International Climate Change Conference to be held in Copenhagen in December. We recently submitted an application to form a gender/women’s constituency under the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—the overall framework for intergovernmental efforts to tackle the challenges posed by climate change.

During the climate change negotiations in Bonn last July, the women’s caucus participants agreed to form a working group to put forward recommendations on the goals, principles and criteria for participation…

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Posted in Climate Change, News |

WEDO in the news at Bangkok Climate Change Negotiations

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Read these articles on Gender and Climate Change that were written and published in various media end September 2009 at the Bangkok Climate Change negotiations preceding this year’s final Climate Change Conference to be held this December in Copenhagen.

Eco-Earth-September-29: Development: Gender is No Distraction in Climate Change

Global-Issues-September-29: Development: Gender is no Distraction in Climate Change Talks

Newstin-US-September-29: Development: Gender Advocates Keeps a Close Eye on CLimate Talks

Newstin-UK-September-29: Development: Gender Advocates Keeps a Close Eye on Climate Talks

Sex-Gender-Body-September-29: Gender Advocacy Keeps a Close Eye on Climate Talks

Elpais-September-29-Cambio Climatico: La mitad feminina golpea la mesa

IPS-September-29: Cambio Climatico: La mitad feminina golpea…

Posted in In The News, Media |

Incorporating gender into the One UN pilot project

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Hanoi/ New York, October 2009– The Gender and Governance team from WEDO held a meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam ensuring that a gender perspective is incorporated as part of the delivery of the One UN pilot project.

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WEDO Speaks at Women’s Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

[ October 22, 2009; ]

WEDO Executive Director, Xuan Nguyen, will speak about WEDO’s mission for a healthy and peaceful planet, economic and social justice and human rights for all at the Women’s Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, a non-governmental organization in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council and Affiliated with the Department of Public Information.

For more information on the conference visit the site of Connectional Women’s Missionary Society

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