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Women Leaders for Global Action on Climate Change
Women represent more than 50% of the world’s population yet continue to be under-represented at all levels of governmental decision-making. When it comes to climate change — arguably the most important issue of our time — women have been noticeably absent from the discourse and debate around this global crisis. In 2010, this is finally starting to change, and women are positioning themselves as agents for change.
The leadership of women parliamentarians and decision-makers is urgently needed to bring a gender perspective, particularly the voices and experiences of poor women, to equitably shape climate change policies.
WEDO collaborates with women leaders in various regions and countries to bring women’s voices into governmental climate change policies and programs, as well as legislation.
In October 2008, WEDO was a co-organizing partner for CAPWIP’s Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance, in Manila, Philippines, which focused on gender in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction.
The conference brought together parliamentarians and other decision-makers, along with UN and civil society leaders, to commit to action on gender and climate change. Read the Manila Declaration for Global Action on Gender in Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction here!
In 2009, WEDO was proud to administer the Women Delegates Fund (WDF) to support women’s participation on their national delegations to climate change negotiations. Read more on WDF here.
NEW! A Resource Kit: Climate Change Connections
New York, October 15–Climate Change Connections, a comprehensive resource kit on gender, population and climate change, was launched today by the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) and the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO). The resource kit presents an overview of gender and climate change in the context of policy, finance, adaptation plans, best practices, [...]
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UN Calls for Greater Role for Women in Climate Change Decision-making
New York, September 29– In a message to the high-level event on “Peace and Security through Women’s Leadership: Acting on 1325 and Climate Change,” organized in New York by Finland and Liberia, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on UN member States to give women a greater say in addressing climate change challenges as equal partners [...]
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The Post-Poznan Climate: No Time To Waste
It is finally here: the year that climate change decision-makers, advocates and activists have worked toward. The year that countries must come to compromise, must commit to emissions reductions, must put financing mechanisms into effect. The year that ends in Copenhagen—where the 15th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [...]
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Manila Declaration for Global Action on Gender in Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction
WEDO joined leaders and decision-makers at the Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance (CAPWIP) in the Philippines to ensure that women everywhere are engaged in and understand the implications of climate change. Manila Declaration for Global Action on Gender in Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction (MS Word Document) Manila Declaration for [...]
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Media Factsheet: Why women in the U.S. and abroad are essential to climate change solutions.
Global warming is an established scientific fact. Policies to halt global warming must address the human impacts as well as the technical side of the problem if they are to succeed. Women are essential to the solutions. Media Factsheet: Why women in the U.S. and abroad are essential to climate change solutions.(pdf)
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