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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.
Guide to the UN Commission on the Status of Women…
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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.
Webcast of Global Forum for Women – Beijing+15 on Feb 27 & 28
New York, February 26 — The NGO Committee on the Status of Women/New York is excited to announce that select events of the Global Forum for Women–Beijing Plus 15 will be webcast live on February 27 and 28 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm (Eastern Standard Time-US). The program features a keynote address by Dr. Sima Samar from Afghanistan as well as panelists Patricia Licuanan, Charlotte Bunch, Nyaradzai Gombubsvana, and Cai Yi Ping. The cultural …
WEDO at CSW54
New York, February 16 — The 54th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is coming up on March 1st to 12th in New York City. WEDO will be well represented at many of the climate-related CSW events, including the Climate Change Caucus, “Gender Equality and Climate Change: Opportunities and Challenges for the Millennium Development Goals”, “Gender and Climate Change: the Untold Story of COP15”, and “Gender, Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security”. For a …
GEAR Language Adopted by Consensus at CSW
New York, March 16–Both last year and this year at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign actively lobbied governments to include specific language on GEAR in the Agreed Conclusions, the outcome document of the CSW. Our efforts paid off, with the inclusion of strong language on the new women’s entity adopted by consensus by Member States at the CSW! Read the paragraphs here.…
