Event: Addressing The Gender Dimension of Vulnerability: An Adaptation Framework that Works for Everyone

Friday, November 18th, 2011

[ November 30, 2010 6:30 pm to November 30, 2011 8:00 pm. ] CARE International and the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) are partnering on a side event at UNFCCC COP-17 on November 30, 2011 from 6:30-8pm in the Hex River Room. This event will use an interactive discussion format to explore the complexities of vulnerability from a gender perspective and make recommendations to input into an adaptation framework that works for everyone.

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Ferdousi Begum- Women Delegates Fund Participant on Gender in the UNFCCC Text

Thursday, April 28th, 2011

Bangkok, Thailand, April 28th 2011– Ferdousi Begum, executive director of DEBTEC, (the Development of Biotechnology and Environmental Conservation Centre) and participant of the Women Delegates Fund raises the issue of gender and its inclusion in the text stressing that women are more vulnerable to climate change.

The interview was done by climatechange.tv

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WEDO Celebrates Earth Day!

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

Happy Earth Day!

As a global women’s advocacy organization, WEDO envisions a just world that promotes and protects human rights, gender equality and the integrity of the environment.

Today, April 22, WEDO celebrates Earth Day by joining with the millions of women and men around the world who share our vision – those working to secure a future for our planet.

This Earth Day, we’re celebrating with action!

Make a pledge to do something for our environment: join our partners at Earth Day Network in their A Billion Acts of Green® Campaign - the largest environmental service campaign in the world.…

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Introducing Nathalie Eddy, the new GGCA Coordinator

Monday, April 18th, 2011

New York, April 18th 2011- The Steering Committee of the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA) takes great pleasure in introducing Nathalie Eddy as GGCA’s new Coordinator. Nathalie started on April 1 and has hit the ground running with top priorities to revitalize activities of GGCA members and lead in the process of setting strategic goals and establishing a sustainable funding base to support the GGCA’s work.

Nathalie started working on international climate policy over 15 years ago.  She worked for the UNFCCC on CDM / JI issues (back when it was AIJ), coordinated USCAN for several years, and helped launch an…

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Setting an Agenda for Our Future- UNFCCC Climate Negotiations

Friday, April 15th, 2011

New York- April 15th, 2011

The UNFCCC climate negotiations held its first meeting of 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand last week.

First on the agenda: the agenda.

The Negotiations

The WEDO team arrived in Bangkok on Saturday, April 2nd for the start of UNFCCC workshops on April 3rd and 4th. The workshops provided an interactive dialogue on mitigation actions by developed and developing countries, as well as space to begin to define the parameters of the technology mechanism. They were viewed by most Parties as positive in terms of assessing where we are in reaching the 2 degree goal. You can…

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