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“Finally, a UN Women’s Agency with Muscle”
New York, November 22–Colette Tamko, WEDO Gender and Governance Program Coordinator, and one of the principle coordinators of the GEAR Campaign to create a new agency for women explains to the Women’s Media Center what this exciting development means for women, and the work that still remains to ensure its success. Read the full article here.…
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Summary of EU GEAR Funding and Governance Paper
New York, July 23–Below you can read a summary of an in-depth paper “Funding, ODA, Governance and Structural Factors Relevant to the Establishment of a New UN Gender Equality Architecture” that examines budgets, staff levels, offices and the European Union Member State contributors to the four existing UN gender equality and women’s empowerment entities (UNIFEM, DAW, OSAGI, and INSTRAW) and five other UN entities (UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, UN-HABITAT and UNAIDS), to help assess and support …
Gender Equality Architecture Reform
New York, September 15–Read GEAR Campaign statements, key points and recommendations on civil society’s participation. Find out who has signed on to the GEAR Campaign and who are the working group members.
May 2009 Gear Campaign Working Group
May 2009 Gear Civil Society Participation Recommendations
July 2009 Gear Campaign Signatories
Resolution on New UN Gender Entity
New York, October 8– After three years of intense lobbying efforts the UN General Assembly passes a resolution for the creation of a new women’s entity at the UN. Read the resolution here!
Victory for GEAR Campaign: Resolution to Create New Women’s Entity
New York, September 14–After three years of intense lobbying efforts the UN General Assembly passes a resolution for the creation of a new women’s entity at the UN.
Read the GEAR Campaign Statement here. September 14 2009 GEAR Statement
Read the news article in IPS here.…
