WEDO » Governance http://www.wedo.org Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:29:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 International Press Coverage of GEAR and the New Women’s Entity http://www.wedo.org/learn/news/international-press-coverage-of-gear-and-the-new-womens-entity http://www.wedo.org/learn/news/international-press-coverage-of-gear-and-the-new-womens-entity#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:11:07 +0000 anna http://www.wedo.org/?p=4077 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.

]]> 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.

]]> http://www.wedo.org/learn/news/international-press-coverage-of-gear-and-the-new-womens-entity/feed 0 GEAR Campaign Launches Spoof Newspaper http://www.wedo.org/learn/library/media-type/pdf/gear-campaign-launches-spoof-newspaper http://www.wedo.org/learn/library/media-type/pdf/gear-campaign-launches-spoof-newspaper#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:13:51 +0000 eleanor http://www.wedo.org/?p=4021 New York, March 1 — The GEAR (Gender Equality Architecture Reform) Campaign for the new women’s entity at the UN has produced a spoof newspaper, The New Times for Women, to promote the campaign’s vision for the new ’super agency’. The Europe Working Group led the project, launched at the opening of the Commission on the Status of Women meeting, and will be distributing thousands of copies at the UN during CSW this week. The paper’s editor Anna Elomäki said, “With this newspaper we want to raise awareness and call for immediate political action by governments and the UN…

]]> New York, March 1 — The GEAR (Gender Equality Architecture Reform) Campaign for the new women’s entity at the UN has produced a spoof newspaper, The New Times for Women, to promote the campaign’s vision for the new ’super agency’. The Europe Working Group led the project, launched at the opening of the Commission on the Status of Women meeting, and will be distributing thousands of copies at the UN during CSW this week. The paper’s editor Anna Elomäki said, “With this newspaper we want to raise awareness and call for immediate political action by governments and the UN Secretary-General.”

]]> http://www.wedo.org/learn/library/media-type/pdf/gear-campaign-launches-spoof-newspaper/feed 0 Campaigners call for urgent action to launch the new UN women’s agency http://www.wedo.org/learn/library/media-type/pdf/campaigners-call-for-urgent-action-to-launch-the-new-un-womens-agency http://www.wedo.org/learn/library/media-type/pdf/campaigners-call-for-urgent-action-to-launch-the-new-un-womens-agency#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:57:54 +0000 eleanor http://www.wedo.org/?p=4009 New York, March 1 — Women’s rights and anti-poverty organizations gathered in New York ahead of the annual meeting of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women called on governments to deliver on past promises to create a UN-led women agency. Following years of discussions and pressure from activists, governments agreed in September 2009 to create a new women’s agency. Since then, no concrete actions have been taken, campaigners say, such as the appointment of a high-profile person to lead the agency or a timetable on when it will be put in place.

To read the full press…

]]> New York, March 1 — Women’s rights and anti-poverty organizations gathered in New York ahead of the annual meeting of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women called on governments to deliver on past promises to create a UN-led women agency. Following years of discussions and pressure from activists, governments agreed in September 2009 to create a new women’s agency. Since then, no concrete actions have been taken, campaigners say, such as the appointment of a high-profile person to lead the agency or a timetable on when it will be put in place.

To read the full press release, Signed but not sealed, women’s rights activists tell UN, click here.

]]> http://www.wedo.org/learn/library/media-type/pdf/campaigners-call-for-urgent-action-to-launch-the-new-un-womens-agency/feed 0 Guide to the UN Commission on the Status of Women + WEDO Events http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/climatechange/guide-to-the-un-commission-on-the-status-of-women http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/climatechange/guide-to-the-un-commission-on-the-status-of-women#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:40:48 +0000 anna http://www.wedo.org/?p=3985 New York, March 1 — What is the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)? What is its history and its organizational structure? WEDO has prepared an introductory guide to the CSW, including the role of NGOs, how WEDO participates, and what we hope to accomplish at this year’s CSW54. Additionally, there is a comprehensive list of all WEDO’s activities in the upcoming two weeks.

Guide to the UN Commission on the Status of Women

WEDO Events at CSW 54

]]> New York, March 1 — What is the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)? What is its history and its organizational structure? WEDO has prepared an introductory guide to the CSW, including the role of NGOs, how WEDO participates, and what we hope to accomplish at this year’s CSW54. Additionally, there is a comprehensive list of all WEDO’s activities in the upcoming two weeks.

Guide to the UN Commission on the Status of Women

WEDO Events at CSW 54

]]> http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/climatechange/guide-to-the-un-commission-on-the-status-of-women/feed 0 GEAR up with WEDO at the CSW! http://www.wedo.org/learn/library/media-type/pdf/gear-up-with-wedo-at-the-csw http://www.wedo.org/learn/library/media-type/pdf/gear-up-with-wedo-at-the-csw#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:57:18 +0000 anna http://www.wedo.org/?p=3978 New York, February 26 — WEDO is ready to GEAR up at the CSW54! Colette Tamko, Gender and Governance Program Coordinator at WEDO, is a leading member of the Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign. This campaign is working to ensure that the UN will soon have a new Women’s entity, with a clear mandate, oversight of UN gender equality activities and ambitious funding. For more information, click on the links below to see the PDF files:

Gear Campaign Statement, March 2010

Campaign Signatories as of February, 2010

Campaign Response to Secretary General’s Report

]]> http://www.wedo.org/learn/library/media-type/pdf/gear-up-with-wedo-at-the-csw/feed 0 “Finally, a UN Women’s Agency with Muscle” http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/governance/finally-a-un-women%e2%80%99s-agency-with-muscle http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/governance/finally-a-un-women%e2%80%99s-agency-with-muscle#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:11:25 +0000 Maja Bugge http://www.wedo.org/?p=3461 Read this article by Colette N. Tamko appearing on http://womensmediacenter.com

]]> Read this article by Colette N. Tamko appearing on http://womensmediacenter.com

]]> http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/governance/finally-a-un-women%e2%80%99s-agency-with-muscle/feed 0 “Finally, a UN Women’s Agency with Muscle” http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/governance/finally-a-un-womens-agency-with-muscle http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/governance/finally-a-un-womens-agency-with-muscle#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:34:10 +0000 anna http://www.wedo.org/?p=3468 New York, November 22–Colette Tamko, WEDO Gender and Governance Program Coordinator, and one of the principle coordinators of the GEAR Campaign to create a new agency for women explains to the Women’s Media Center what this exciting development means for women, and the work that still remains to ensure its success. Read it here.

]]> New York, November 22–Colette Tamko, WEDO Gender and Governance Program Coordinator, and one of the principle coordinators of the GEAR Campaign to create a new agency for women explains to the Women’s Media Center what this exciting development means for women, and the work that still remains to ensure its success. Read it here.

]]> http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/governance/finally-a-un-womens-agency-with-muscle/feed 0 Summary of EU GEAR Funding and Governance Paper http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/governance/summary-of-eu-gear-funding-and-governance-paper http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/governance/summary-of-eu-gear-funding-and-governance-paper#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:46:09 +0000 anna http://www.wedo.org/?p=3451 New York, July 23–Below you can read a summary of an in-depth paper “Funding, ODA, Governance and Structural Factors Relevant to the Establishment of a New UN Gender Equality Architecture” that examines budgets, staff levels, offices and the European Union Member State contributors to the four existing UN gender equality and women’s empowerment entities (UNIFEM, DAW, OSAGI, and INSTRAW) and five other UN entities (UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, UN-HABITAT and UNAIDS), to help assess and support the most effective arrangements for a new, “composite” UN women’s organization.

Summary of EU GEAR Funding Position Paper July 2009

]]> New York, July 23–Below you can read a summary of an in-depth paper “Funding, ODA, Governance and Structural Factors Relevant to the Establishment of a New UN Gender Equality Architecture” that examines budgets, staff levels, offices and the European Union Member State contributors to the four existing UN gender equality and women’s empowerment entities (UNIFEM, DAW, OSAGI, and INSTRAW) and five other UN entities (UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, UN-HABITAT and UNAIDS), to help assess and support the most effective arrangements for a new, “composite” UN women’s organization.

Summary of EU GEAR Funding Position Paper July 2009

]]> http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/governance/summary-of-eu-gear-funding-and-governance-paper/feed 0 GEAR Campaign—More Work to be Done! http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/governance/gear-campaign%e2%80%94more-work-to-be-done http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/governance/gear-campaign%e2%80%94more-work-to-be-done#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:54:43 +0000 Maja Bugge http://www.wedo.org/?p=3358 New York, October 21–On September 14th, the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted the Resolution on System-wide Coherence, allowing for the creation of a new, stronger composite women’s agency at the UN.  This is a victory for women across the globe, and an exciting moment for all those who worked tirelessly to bring this idea to reality. The GEAR Campaign’s work is not yet over, however! 

We are currently reaching out to the Secretary-General and the President of the 64th session of the GA, calling on them to move forward with the transition process to will lead to the launching…

]]> New York, October 21–On September 14th, the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted the Resolution on System-wide Coherence, allowing for the creation of a new, stronger composite women’s agency at the UN.  This is a victory for women across the globe, and an exciting moment for all those who worked tirelessly to bring this idea to reality. The GEAR Campaign’s work is not yet over, however! 

We are currently reaching out to the Secretary-General and the President of the 64th session of the GA, calling on them to move forward with the transition process to will lead to the launching of the new women’s agency.  This means immediately reviewing qualified candidates for the new agency’s Under-Secretary-General position, as well as approving the budget and guaranteeing ambitious, committed funding.  These elements are essential to the new agency’s success, but we cannot discount the importance of having strong country presence and meaningful civil society participation.  Without civil society’s involvement principally through the GEAR Campaign, the new women’s agency may never have been included in the resolution!  We must build on this momentum and continue to urge the UN General Assembly to move forward with the process, and hold them accountable to the promises they have made.

]]> http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/governance/gear-campaign%e2%80%94more-work-to-be-done/feed 0 Gender Equality Architecture Reform http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/governance/statements-key-points-and-recommendations-of-the-gear-campaign http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/governance/statements-key-points-and-recommendations-of-the-gear-campaign#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:31:04 +0000 Maja Bugge http://www.wedo.org/?p=3295 New York, September 15–Read GEAR Campaign statements, key points and recommendations on civil society’s participation. Find out who has signed on to the GEAR Campaign and who are the working group members. 

May 2009 Gear Campaign Working Group

May 2009 Gear Civil Society Participation Recommendations

July 2009 Gear talking Points

July 2009 Gear Campaign Signatories

August 2009 Gear Statement

Women’s Entity Field Presence

]]> New York, September 15–Read GEAR Campaign statements, key points and recommendations on civil society’s participation. Find out who has signed on to the GEAR Campaign and who are the working group members. 

May 2009 Gear Campaign Working Group

May 2009 Gear Civil Society Participation Recommendations

July 2009 Gear talking Points

July 2009 Gear Campaign Signatories

August 2009 Gear Statement

Women’s Entity Field Presence

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