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WEDO in the news at Bangkok Climate Change Negotiations
Read these articles on Gender and Climate Change that were written and published in various media end September 2009 at the Bangkok Climate Change negotiations preceding this year’s final Climate Change Conference to be held this December in Copenhagen.
Eco-Earth-September-29: Development: Gender is No Distraction in Climate Change
Global-Issues-September-29: Development: Gender is no Distraction in Climate Change Talks
Newstin-US-September-29: Development: Gender Advocates Keeps a Close Eye on CLimate Talks
Newstin-UK-September-29: Development: Gender Advocates Keeps a Close Eye on Climate Talks…
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Gender Is No Distraction in Bangkok Climate Change Talks
Bangkok, September 30–Lynette Corporal of Inter Press Service (IPS) interviews Cate Owren, WEDO Sustainable Development Coordinator. Read the article below:
GGCA Makes News at Bangkok Climate Change Negotiations
Bangkok, September 29–The Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA), of which WEDO is a member, is making big strides at this week’s climate change negotiations in Bangkok, Thailand.
“Nine months ago, there was absolutely no gender language in climate change negotiations. Now (in the Bangkok meetings), we are entering the negotiations with 23 paragraphs (citing) women and gender equality and equity,” said Cate Owren, programme coordinator for sustainable development of the Women’s Environment and Development Organization …
WEDO Comments on CEDAW Committee’s Crucial Role
New York, August 12–In an article published by IPS about the recent Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) session that ended Aug 7th, Colette Tamko, Gender and Governance Coordinator, was interviewed about the significance of the committee and its role in demanding accountability on women’s rights. Read the complete article here.
Gender Issues Gain Momentum at Climate Talks in Germany
16 June 2009…“Communication lines with Mother Earth have become complicated. Our practices of thousands of years are becoming difficult,” implored an indigenous man from Bolivia, on behalf of his government’s delegation, as Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) met from 1-12 June in Bonn, Germany, to advance negotiation of a climate change framework for post-2012. References to the human dimension of climate change and the policies needed to address it are increasingly common at the ongoing UNFCCC international climate change talks, expected to culminate in an agreement at the Conference of Parties (COP-15) in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December….READ MORE
