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GEAR up with WEDO at the CSW!

Friday, February 26th, 2010

WEDO is ready to GEAR up at the CSW54! Colette Tamko, Gender and Governance Program Coordinator at WEDO, is a leading member of the Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign.

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Webcast of Global Forum for Women – Beijing+15 on Feb 27 & 28

Friday, February 26th, 2010

New York, February 26 — The NGO Committee on the Status of Women/New York is excited to announce that select events of the Global Forum for Women–Beijing Plus 15 will be webcast live on February 27 and 28 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm (Eastern Standard Time-US). The program features a keynote address by Dr. Sima Samar from Afghanistan as well as panelists Patricia Licuanan, Charlotte Bunch, Nyaradzai Gombubsvana, and Cai Yi Ping. The cultural events include Kinding Sindaw, a colorful dance troupe celebrating the Filipino oral history of women and a reading by Pulitzer Prize winning writer, Lynn Nottage.…

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Women & Gender Texts from COP-15: a compilation

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

New York, February 24 — The outcome of the Copenhagen climate negotiations resulted in “Draft decisions presented to the Conference of the Parties at its fifteenth session for consideration and adoption”. WEDO has compiled all of the women and gender equality texts included in that outcome, as well as some related text that is not specific to women or gender equality.

Access the compilation pdf here.

For the original document (Annex 1), click here.

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Commission on the Status of Women

Friday, February 19th, 2010

New York, February 19 — The 54th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW54) has many gender and climate change related events. WEDO will be an active participant in many of these side events and caucuses. See here for a full list of Gender and Climate Change Events at CSW54.

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Black Women Organizing for Climate Change

Friday, February 19th, 2010

[ March 1, 2010; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ]

“Overcoming Copenhagen: Black Women Organizing for Climate Change” will be held at the CCUN (11th floor) as part of the Commission on the Status of Women. It is hosted by the NAACP.

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