And when the world wouldn’t listen, we marched
RIO DE JANEIRO (JUNE 19)- On Monday June 18th, women took to the streets in Rio de Janeiro. WEDO, the Women’s Environment and Development Organization, along with friends and allies from the Rio+20 Women’s Major Group, was proud to join thousands of women, from every corner of the world, and march among a sea of voices calling for justice, equality and change.
“The lack of ambition and action in the plenary halls of RioCentro …
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What does Eco-feminism mean to Rio+20? To young feminists?
by Bridget Burns, Project and Communications Coordinator (and Young Feminist Activist /Social Media Geek) at WEDO
During a recent video blog, my interviewer asked me a question on ecofeminism, and how WEDO defines ecofeminism. My inadequate response was basically trying to juxtaposition two types of ecofeminism, one which posits women’s innate relation to nature as mothers and caregivers and one which is focused on the socially constructed roles of women as natural resource managers …
Why Rio+20 Needs the Voices of Young Feminists
by Bridget Burns, Project and Communications Coordinator (and Social Media Geek) at WEDO
Just a few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to engage with a number of young feminists from around the world at the 2012 AWID Forum. Some of us had met before, mainly through social media, but among old and new acquaintances alike, there was an immediate sense of community, and a passion to find ways to connect our different social movements …
Happy Mother’s Day!
By Cate Owren, Executive Director & Eleanor Blomstrom, Program Coordinator and Rio+20 Lead
Dear friends,
Most of you know we’re both new mothers, with kids 7 months old and 20 months old, respectively. They are an indescribable joy – making every day brighter, more hilarious, more exhausting, more profound than ever before.
Motherhood makes our commitment to our work more powerful. Like most moms, we want our kids to grow up in a …
Women Prepare to Make Their Mark in Rio
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by Eleanor Blomstrom, WEDO Program Coordinator — Originally posted on May 1st, 2012 12:50PM for SurveyMonkey‘s blog.
Women are planning to make their mark in Rio in June 2012.
The Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) was founded 20 years ago in the lead-up to the first Rio Earth Summit. Initially driven by women organizing for change, we have been working ever since to protect human rights, women’s rights and advance gender equality,
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