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International Press Coverage of GEAR and the New Women’s Entity

New York, March 18 — The GEAR Campaign has compiled a document with links to recent coverage in the French speaking press of the new women’s entity at the UN and GEAR’s efforts in that regard. It’s exciting to see the campaign’s reach extending around the world. If you don’t read French, the document also includes a brief summary of each article in English. Click here to read more.

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Gender and Climate Change Featured on CUNY TV March 17, 2010

New York, March 16 — New Yorkers, please tune in to CUNY TV on Channel 75, Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 8:30pm EST to see WEDO Board Member, Lorena Aguilar, and WEDO Campaign Coordinator, Rachel Harris, discuss gender and climate change. Look out for a link to this conversation soon!

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Worldwide Support for an Equitable Number of Women on the High Level Advisory Group for Climate Change Financing!

UPDATE: Ms. Christine Lagarde, Minister of Finance of France is now a member of the UN Secretary General’s High-Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing.

New York, March 12 — As of 12pm EST Friday, March 12, 2010 we have received over 140 organization signatures supporting an equitable number of women on the High Level Advisory Group for Climate Change Financing! Thank you for all of your support. Please find the updated letter with signatures here.

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Join WEDO in urging UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to appoint women to the High-Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing (Update)

New York, March 10 — In response to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s recent appointment of an all-male High Level Advisory Board on Climate Change Financing, we have written the attached open letter expressing the need for women to be on the high level board. We invite you to add your organization’s name to the letter.

If you would like to sign your organization to this letter please send the name of your organization to rachel [at] wedo [dot] org by noon Friday 12 March. We look forward to presenting this letter to SG Ban Ki-moon before the end of CSW.…

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International Women’s Day: IUCN honors WEDO’s Cate Owren and other women leaders in climate change solutions

New York, March 8 — Today, on the occasion of 2010 International Women’s Day (March 8), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) honors leaders who are at the forefront of women’s empowerment in climate change solutions. Cate Owren, WEDO’s Program Director, is among the honorees. It is a privilege for WEDO to be honored alongside such a remarkable group of women, all of whom are partners and allies of WEDO in the work for a just, equitable and gender-responsive solution to climate change.