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New UN climate fund must work for the poor – NGOs
By Megan Rowling, Originally published Source: Alertnet, Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:13 GMT
Photo left: A man walks on the road between Nouahibou and Nouakchott, Mauritania, December 3, 2009. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
LONDON (AlertNet) – As the board of a new U.N. climate fund for developing countries meets for the first time, civil society groups are pushing for it to be managed in a way that is transparent and accountable to poor communities likely to be hit …
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UNRISD Policy Brief: Gendered Impacts of Globalization: Employment and Social Protection
GENEVA (August 21)- A new Research and Policy Brief has been produced by the UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) which states: “Globalization has led to increases in female labour force participation, reducing the gap between women’s and men’s labour force participation rates. However this increase has not necessarily translated into gender equality in pay and status, as women’s entrance in the labour force has often been on unfavourable terms. This brief draws on a …
Will the World Listen to Women?
By Zofeen EbrahimReprint
Photo Credit:Ignatius Banda/IPS
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 22 2012 (IPS) - What does birth control have to do with reducing global emissions?
Everything, women around the world would say, because they know how closely linked reproductive health is to issues ranging from poverty and food security to climate change and beyond. This message was precisely what female leaders brought to the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development, but not many were listening, …
WEDO Launches New Historical Publication at Rio+20
Celebrating Momentum and Milestones: A WEDO History of Women’s Organizing Toward a Healthy and Peaceful Planet
RIO DE JANEIRO (JUNE 20) – “What if we, as women, use this opportunity of the UN Conference on Environment and Development to be the change we want to see in the world?” This was the question women activists posed to themselves in the early 1990s, according to WEDO founding member Thais Corral of Brazil. “This …
Women’s Major Group presents Rio+20 Recommendations to Michelle Bachelet
June 19, 2012, Rio de Janeiro
The Women’s Major Group played a significant role in the Women’s Leadership Forum hosted today by UN Women. During the opening panel, Sascha Gabizon of Women in Europe for a Common Future, an Organizing Partner of the Women’s Major Group (WMG), spoke passionately on behalf of the Women’s Major Group to illustrate the efforts that women have made over the past year and more to influence the Rio+20 outcome …
