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Archive for September, 2010

Environment and gender equality: the keys to achieving Millennium Development Goals

Friday, September 24th, 2010

Achieving gender equality is fundamental to sustainable development and to attaining the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including the eradication of poverty and hunger. This is expected to be one of the major conclusions of world leaders and development experts at the 2010 Summit on the Millennium Development Goals, to be held this week at the UN Headquarters in New York.

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Posted in Library, MDGs, News, Sustainable Development |

Wangari Maathai and Mary Robinson highlight the importance of women’s leadership in achieving the MDGs and in fighting climate change!

Monday, September 20th, 2010

New York– New article from Wangari Maathai and Mary Robinsom, “Women Can Lead the Way in Tackling Development and Climate Challenges Together” which highlights the importance of women’s leadership in achieving the MDGs and fighting climate change.

Posted in Climate Change, In The News, Library, MDGs, News, Women's Leadership |

GEAR Campaign Enthusiastically Welcomes the New Under-Secretary-General, Michelle Bachelet, Former Chilean President

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

New York– The Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign is thrilled that the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon has chosen Michelle Bachelet as the new Under-Secretary-General (USG) of UN Women. This appointment is essential to the effectiveness of the new entity and the campaign is pleased that the UN SG has selected a qualified and strong leader for this high level UN position that will envision and work for the future of women’s rights and advocate for women worldwide.

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Posted in GEAR Campaign, Library, News, Women Leaders |

Enhancing Engagement of Civil Society within the UNFCCC Process

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

New York — At the COP15 in Copenhagen, civil society participation in the UNFCCC process was severely limited by a great lack of transparency and organizational preparation. Many organizations, including WEDO and the other members of the Women and Gender Constituency called out for a review of the process to ensure that these mistakes will not be repeated in the future.

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Posted in Civil Society Participation, Library, News, UNFCCC |

Side Event: The Impact of MDG3 on MDG7

Monday, September 13th, 2010

[ September 15, 2010; 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm. ] New York– On Wednesday, September 15th WEDO will host a side event to the MDG Summit entitled “The Impact of MDG3 on MDG7: How UN Women Can Contribute to the Realization of Sustainable Development Goals”.

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