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Post-2015 and SDGs: 2 tracks or a global framework?
NEW YORK (May 7, 2013)– by Eleanor Blomstrom
May is a busy month for the Post-Rio+20 and the Post-2015 processes. Among the upcoming meetings and events are the launch of the draft report from the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) on May 7, the posting of the draft resolution for the high level political forum (hlpf) expected this week, the 3rd meeting of the Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) May …
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Partner in Focus: Tess Vistro, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD)
NEW YORK (May 6, 2013)– Interview with Tess Vistro, Focal Point of the Climate Change and Gender Justice Program for the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD)
WEDO: Please describe your organization’s work and main goals, as well as your specific role in the organization.
Tess: APWLD started and developed from dialogues among Asia Pacific women, when women who became part of these dialogues recognized that, while law is used as an instrument of state …
WEDO Conversations
Celebrating the hand-over of the Board Chair position, WEDO ED Cate Owren caught up with outgoing Chair Monique Essed Fernandes and incoming Chair Marcela Tovar Restrepo for a chat about WEDO, the women’s movement and what they both envision for a just and healthy planet.
Cate Owren (CO): Monique and Marcela, first of all, thank you for making time to chat in your hectic schedules! We are all so busy these days, it seems – …
WEDO Proud to Welcome Two New Board Members
Annette Tjon Sie Fat
Annette Tjon Sie Fat (Suriname) is the former Executive Director of Conservation International (CI) Suriname. Through her work with CI, as well as in her role as Programme Manager for UNIFEM’s Women and Sustainable Human Development programme, Annette has spent the last 20 years in villages in the interior of Suriname, helping to develop and advocate for sustainable development plans and programmes. She began her career as a teacher, focusing on …
WEDO Celebrates Outgoing Board Chair and Welcomes New Board Chair
NEW YORK (May 7, 2013)– After nearly a decade of extraordinary commitment to the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), Ms. Monique Essed Fernandes of Suriname retired from the Board of Directors earlier this year. Chair of the Board for the last two years, Monique previously served as Vice-Chair, Treasurer and briefly as Interim Executive Director for WEDO during a transition in late 2009. She has been an indefatigable mentor, advisor, champion and friend. Her …
