Archive for December, 2011
WEDO’s Holiday Wish List
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Happy Holidays from the WEDO family to yours!
While we celebrate our achievements in 2011 we are already planning for 2012- a year with some very significant milestones such as Rio+20 and WEDO’s 20th Anniversary! As we’ve been busy working hard in different parts of the world, our technology needs at home have been neglected the past few years. This holiday season, we’ve constructed a “WEDO Wishlist” which will help us in achieving our goals in 2012!
Posted in News, Newsletters, WEDO History |
WEDO Congratulates 2011 SEED Award Winners
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
WEDO congratulates the first winner of the 2011 SEED Gender Equality Award, “Solid Waste Management and Community Mobilization Program” from Nepal, as well as the other thirty-five SEED award winners. The Gender Equality Award is funded by UN Women.
Posted in In The News, News |
The Outcomes of Durban COP17: Turning Words into Action
Friday, December 16th, 2011
Friday, December 16th 2011
Since the COP17 climate talks ended at around 5am last Sunday in Durban, South Africa, many people have been asking the same question: was it a success? Analysts from government, media and NGOs seem to be taking one of two stances: “it was a good step forward” (for example, the official UNFCCC Press Release: “Durban conference delivers breakthrough in international community’s response to climate change”) or “it failed to deliver what is needed” (as in the WWF Press Release: “Governments fail on ambition, courage at UN climate change talks”)
At WEDO, an organization that has pushed for gender issues to be integrated throughout the climate debates for a number of years, we have been asking ourselves how to measure both the successes and failures of COP17.
Posted in Climate Change, News, WEDO at COP17 |
From ‘Brown’ to ‘Equitable’ Economies: Women’s Priorities for Rio+20
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
WEDO is participating in the 2nd Intersessional of the Rio+20 prepratory process, taking place December 15th and 16th at the UN in New York. As part of the Women’s Major Group, WEDO is following the discussions on the Zero Draft to ensure that priorities for women and gender equality are included. On Thursday morning, during the first session on the compilation document (comments and guidance for the zero draft outcome document), the Women’s Major Group delivered an intervention focused on some major issues from the WMG submission and Rio+20 priorities. The Women’s Major Group called for a number of outcomes, including:…
In Memoriam – Marie Aminata Khan
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
12 December 2011
In Memoriam – Marie Aminata Khan
It is with tremendous sadness that WEDO acknowledges the untimely passing of a dear friend and close collaborator, Ms. Marie Aminata Khan. Marie, the gender focal point at the Secretariat of the UN’s Convention on Biological Diversity, has been a partner for many years, working alongside us in countless initiatives at both the international and national levels. Marie’s commitment to and passion for women’s human rights and gender equality made her an easy partner, a close friend and a sister to many of us. She will be sorely missed.
The WEDO family extends our deepest condolences to her sons, Frederic and Charles, and to the loving family members and friends whom she leaves behind.
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