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December 10th- Human Rights Day
New York, New York (December 10, 2012)– WEDO is proud to join its partners around the world in recognizing Human Rights Day celebrating the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Today and everyday, promoting and protecting human rights is central to the work WEDO does at all levels. Below, please see a message from our partners at the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL), and the excellent work they do with the …
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The Post 2015 Development Agenda: Perspectives from the Post 2015 Women’s Coalition
New York, New York (December 10, 2012)– Developed by a coalition of organizations mobilizing around the Post 2015 Development Agenda, please find below a brief working paper on thoughts and perspectives on how this agenda should be shaped.
The Post 2015 Development Agenda: What’s at Stake for the World’s Women? Perspectives from the Post 2015 Women’s Coalition (Click to download)
In 2015, the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Agenda will come to an end, …
NGOs condemn Doha Climate Gateway as vague and weak
Doha, Qatar (December 8, 2012)– Civil society members deliver statements of dismay at the lack of political ambition in the outcome of the Doha Climate Conference. Watch below statements from a press conference on Saturday, December 8th from the Qatar National Convention Center and final interventions from civil society at the closing of COP18. Also below is the press release of CAN International, a global alliance of NGOs which WEDO is a member of.
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NOT IN MY NAME: Women at COP18 call for urgency and action
Doha, Qatar (December 5, 2012)- Early this morning Women and Gender NGOs at COP 18 representing hundreds of women’s organizations and environmental leaders around the world expressed their dissatisfaction with the positions of many Northern Governments.
Holding signs listing the failures of the negotiations including – “empty financing,” “inequality,” “gigaton gap” “withholding safe technologies” “no compensation for loss and damage” at the entrance to the conference site, over two dozen women and men chanted “Not …
Towards a Diverse and Inclusive Process: WEDO’s Brownbag Lunch at COP18
by WEDO COP18 Team
Doha, Qatar (December 3, 2012)- As part of WEDO’s effort to advance the dialogue on diversity at the UNFCCC, the team at COP18 gathered together a group of advocates and delegates for an informal brownbag lunch on Diversity and Inclusivity in Decision-Making: Changing the Face of Representation at the UNFCCC. An international group of COP participants discussed the value of diversity at the UNFCCC: its ability to facilitate decision-making and …
