Urgent! Call for Help for Haiti

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

New York, January 13 — WEDO urges you to contribute to partners’ funds for urgent earthquake relief. Reputable, effective funds include Oxfam, MADRE, InterAction and the American Red Cross.

InterAction has compiled a list of agencies that are responding to the earthquake, with links as well as a description of what donations each agency is accepting and the work they are doing.

Our thoughts are with all our Haitian colleagues and friends.

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U.S. Under Secretary of State speaks about Women and Climate Change

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

New York, January 5 — Maria Otero, the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, discusses women and climate change in a short video available on YouTube. In her December 10 statement she notes that women are part of the solution to climate change and references a meeting she had with NGOs, including WEDO, during the UNFCCC COP15 in Copenhagen in December.

Watch the video: Maria Otero – Women and Climate Change

Tags: Climate Change, COP15, UNFCCC
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