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Report from CSW56 Learning Circle on Gender and Climate Change

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

New York- April 18, 2012

On March 5th, during CSW56, WEDO was very pleased to participate in a “Learning Circle on Gender and Climate Change”, co-sponsored by the GGCA and the NGO CSW Forum 2012. Attached below, please find a final report from the event including summaries from each of the key areas of discussion: Mitigation, Adaptation, Advocacy, Finance, Disaster Risk reduction, and Grassroots community strategies.

http://www.gender-climate.org/Content/Docs/Publications/learning_circle_report.pdf

Rio+20 Women’s Major Group: the Rio+20 text is imbalance across the three pillars of sustainable development

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

Today, March 27th, the Women’s Major Group made the following statement during the UNCSD Bureau Informal Dialogue with Major Groups.

Rio +20 Women’s Major Group: Sustainable development must be based on equity, human rights and gender equality!

Monday, March 26th, 2012

Today, March 26th, during the Third Intersessional meeting of the UNCSD — to discuss and prepare the outcome of Rio+20 in June– the Women’s Major Group delivered the following intervention:

Win a trip to Rio+20! Share your views and help define the Future YOU Want

Monday, March 26th, 2012

Rio+20 is an opportunity for women around the world to come together in shaping the future we want!

Make your voice heard. Win a trip to Rio+20!

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

Women on the Road to Rio+20

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 13-22 June 2012

Rio+20 is an opportunity for women around the world to come together in shaping the future we want!

From June 20th – 22nd, 2012, less than 100 days from today, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. World leaders will be gathered- with hopes and plans for securing a sustainable future.

The Women’s Major Group aims to advocate for an outcome which represents the diversity of women’s views and perspectives and which solidifies the central importance of achieving gender …