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Women Keen to Ease Greenhouse Effect on Their Ability to Provide
Windhoek, Namibia, July 4th, 2011-Original article published by IPS News.
WINDHOEK, Jul 4, 2011 (IPS) – A successful entrepreneurial programme in the north of Namibia that infuses farming practices with gender-responsive environmentalism may serve as a model for other countries on the African continent.
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Ambition and Commitment Needed for the Future of UN Women
New York, July 1st, 2011– Original article published by IPS News. UNITED NATIONS, Jun 30, 2011 (IPS) – When the United Nations inaugurated a landmark special agency for women last January, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon set an initial target of 500 million dollars as the proposed annual budget for the new gender-empowered body. But nearly six months later, the voluntary funding for U.N. Women (UNW) from the 192 member states has remained painfully slow. Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, expressed disappointment over the funding shortfall. Nearly six months after its operationalisation, the actual contributions and pledges received are modest and only around 80 million dollars, he said. “This is not commensurate with the aspiration and ambition assigned to U.N. Women,” he complained.
High Level Panel – UN Human Rights Council
[ June 3, 2011; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ]
WOMEN – POVERTY – CRISES – HUMAN RIGHTS
June 3, 2011
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Room 27 – Palais des Nations, Geneva
Distinguished Speakers:
• UN Independent Expert on Extreme Poverty – Ms. Magdalena Sepulveda Carmona – Statement
• UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service – NGLS
• Center for Women’s Global Leadership – Ms. Radhika Balakrishnan, PhD, Executive Director
• ActionAid International – Ms. Ruchi Tripathi, Head-Right to Food
• ATD Fourth World International – …
Women’s Rights, Human Rights and Climate Change
New York, May 26th 2011– Article by WEDO Executive Director Cate Owren. Originally published in On the Issues Magazine.
A major paradigm shift in dealing with climate change has been unfolding in the last few years – largely thanks to concerted efforts by women’s human rights advocates. Once a strictly “environmental” or “business” issue, climate change has been increasingly accepted as a gender equality and social justice issue by civil society organizations, UN agencies and …
Women on the road to Rio+20 convene at United Nations CSD-19
New York, May 10th 2011– A nice piece by Martha Shaw on CSD19, Rio+20, and the WEDO’s first ‘Open House’. Click here for the original post or read below.
Women on the road to Rio+20 convene at United Nations CSD-19
NEW YORK, May. 06 /CSRwire/ – After three days at the 19th session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-19), I began thinking about how important women’s leadership is to the tiered
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