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Technical Background Documents for CSW56
The Commission on the Status of Women will hold the fifty-sixth session of their multi-year program, February 27th to March 9th 2012 at the United Nations in New York. The priority theme for this meeting is the Empowerment of Rural Women. Some key points of discussion will include agriculture, productive resources and financing, infrastructure, natural change resource management, climate adaptation and policies on rural development.
In preparation for 2012, UN Women in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) convened at an Expert Group Meeting…
Joint Statement and Approaching Deadlines for the CSW56
Rural women bear the brunt of climate change impacts. The crucial resources of food, water, and fuel – whose collection rural women are responsible for – are being threatened by changes in temperature, precipitation rates, and natural disasters. In the face of altered rural landscapes, women, already at an economic, social, and cultural disadvantage, must take on other livelihood activities to support themselves and their families.
GEAR Campaign Launches Spoof Newspaper
New York, March 1 — The GEAR (Gender Equality Architecture Reform) Campaign for the new women’s entity at the UN has produced a spoof newspaper, The New Times for Women, to promote the campaign’s vision for the new ‘super agency’. The Europe Working Group led the project, launched at the opening of the Commission on the Status of Women meeting, and will be distributing thousands of copies at the UN during CSW this week. The paper’s editor Anna Elomäki said, “With this newspaper we want to raise awareness and call for immediate political action by governments and the UN…
Guide to the UN Commission on the Status of Women + WEDO Events
New York, March 1 — What is the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)? What is its history and its organizational structure? WEDO has prepared an introductory guide to the CSW, including the role of NGOs, how WEDO participates, and what we hope to accomplish at this year’s CSW54. Additionally, there is a comprehensive list of all WEDO’s activities in the upcoming two weeks.
GEAR up with WEDO at the CSW!
WEDO is ready to GEAR up at the CSW54! Colette Tamko, Gender and Governance Program Coordinator at WEDO, is a leading member of the Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign.
