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NEW YORK (February 14, 2013)– As is now tradition here, today on Valentine’s Day, WEDO (@WEDO_Worldwide) will celebrate Valentine’s Day by giving LOVE to the many amazing organizations, individuals and women’s rights and environmental champions who support, inspire and embolden our work at WEDO.
In addition, WEDO takes this occasion to stand with activists around the world to mobilize for ending violence against women and girls. WEDO understands, as a colleague stated eloquently …
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Farewell and Welcome: Inside WEDO
NEW YORK (February 8, 2013)– Today, the WEDO team wishes a fond farewell to our colleague and friend Ugoagha (Jessica) Awa, who after 4 and a half years of service to WEDO is moving on to new adventures back home in Abuja, Nigeria. Jessica started at WEDO as an intern, with a degree in accounting and an MBA in Global Business Administration from Kean University. From there, she became a full time staff Finance Assistant, …
JOIN E-discussion (Feb. 4- Mar. 1): Environmental Sustainability for the World We Want: Moving From the MDGs to Post-2015
NEW YORK (February 6, 2013)– Join the e-discussion: 4 February – 1 March! The UN System Task Team on the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda has proposed that environmental sustainability be one of the four core dimensions in a post-2015 development agenda, along with inclusive social development, inclusive economic development, and peace and security. Based on this and the outcomes of Rio+20, there is growing consensus that the post-2015 development agenda will need to apply …
CSW57- Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls
[ March 4, 2013 to March 14, 2013. ]
This year’s CSW 57, held from March 4th to March 15th, 2013, will focus on the elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls. Violence against women and girls is rooted in gender inequality. It is one of the most pervasive human rights violations in the world. The Beijing Platform for Action developed at the Fourth World conference on Women in 1995, defines violence as one of the 12 …
Landmark Victory Against Shell Oil Giant: Niger Delta Women Urge Further Action
NEW YORK (February 4, 2013)– WEDO is pleased to share news from the Feminist Task Force on the courageous work of our colleagues and friends in the Niger Delta Women’s Movement for Peace and Development (NDWPD). Last Wednesday, January 30th, NDWPD marked the second landmark victory against global oil giant Shell, holding it responsible for the pollution of farmlands in rural Niger Delta.
This is a significant step towards holding polluters accountable, and a testament to the tenacity of the activism …
