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CSW EVENT: The Post 2015 Development Agenda: What’s at Stake for the World’s Women?
[ March 5, 2013; 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. ]
In 2015, the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Agenda will come to an end, and with it uneven progress toward achieving the goals at its core. At this juncture, the UN System, member states and civil society organizations have begun to discuss priorities for a Post-2015 Development Agenda.
The Post 2015 Development Agenda: What’s at Stake for the World’s Women?
March 5, 2013 10:30am-12:00 pm
Venue: United Nations Church Center Chapel (1st floor), 777 …
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World Social Forum 2013
[ March 26, 2013 to March 30, 2013. ]
The social and citizens movements of Tunis and the Maghred invite you to the World Social Forum in Tunis, Tunisia 26-30 March 2013 to discuss the international situation and how to build an “other world” www.fsm2013.org
The organizing committee comprises, among others, Tunisian organisations who were driving forces in the revolutionary process which helped end the dictatorship and who continue the struggle to defend and expand social and democratic rights. For the first time since
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CSW57- Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls
[ March 4, 2013 to March 14, 2013. ]
This year’s CSW 57, held from March 4th to March 15th, 2013, will focus on the elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls. Violence against women and girls is rooted in gender inequality. It is one of the most pervasive human rights violations in the world. The Beijing Platform for Action developed at the Fourth World conference on Women in 1995, defines violence as one of the 12 …
New Directions in Environmental Law Conference
[ March 2, 2013; ]
NEW YORK (February 3, 2013)– WEDO is excited to be participating in the 2013 New Directions in Environmental Law Conference on March 2, 2013 at Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut. This year’s conference, entitled The Power of Voice, will be the third in Yale Law’s New Directions in Environmental Law series and will build on momentum created over the past two years. The 2011 foundational conference, A Climate of Possibility, featured …
The Interconnections of Human Rights, Gender Equality and Sustainability: Women’s Organizing for a Just World
[ February 4, 2013; 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ]
On Monday, February 4, 2013, WEDO’s Cate Owren and Eleanor Blomstrom will be speaking at an event hosted by WIL of Greater Philadelphia, Inc. an association of women concerned with women’s issues globally and improving the status of women around the world. See details below:
EVENT: The Interconnections of Human Rights, Gender Equality and Sustainability: Women’s Organizing for a Just World
In 2015, the deadlines set for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs,) established
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