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“Incomprehensible” Absence of Women in Global Environmental Policy
Bonn, Germany, August 6 2010 — In an interview published yesterday by IPS, WEDO’s Sandra Akpéne Freitas clearly outlines why women are critical participants in global climate policy and why women’s role at all levels (global to local) must be recognized.
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Addressing gender gaps in Vietnam
Hanoi/New York, June 9, 2010 — From May 24th to 26th 2010, WEDO organized a three-day training of trainers on gender and climate change in Hanoi, Vietnam, in partnership with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Approximately forty people took part in the training, including representatives from UN agencies, donors, line ministries, the National Assembly, the Viet Nam Women’s Union and national and international NGOs, to discuss linkages between gender and climate change and …
Climate Change Intensifies Existing Global Gender Inequalities
…serious attention must also be given to addressing the underlying gender inequalities that make women more vulnerable to the effects of climate change in the first place.
This includes taking action to ensure women are able to participate in decision making and political processes that affect them; tackling the inequalities that women face in accessing employment and childcare; and making concerted efforts to ensure real progress is made towards achieving gender equality in education.
COP 15 Art Exhibit Shows Connections Between Gender and Climate Change
Copenhagen, December 12–Check out Michael de Laine’s blog on The Copenhagen Voice about the Global Gender and Climate Alliance’s (GGCCA) exhibition on gender and climate change ’(Re) Cycles of Paradise’.…
“Finally, a UN Women’s Agency with Muscle”
Read this article by Colette N. Tamko appearing on http://womensmediacenter.com …
