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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 …
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COP18 Intervention- SBI Decision on Gender Balance
December 1, 2012 - a decision has been adopted by the SBI on increasing the participation of women in climate change decision making. Bridget Burns of WEDO made an intervention welcoming this decision, but arguing for more actions which encompass not just gender balance, but the principles of gender equality and women’s empowerment.
To read the intervention, click here.
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Is ensuring fairness in the UN climate talks down to women?
by Agnes Otzelberger, CARE’s Africa Climate Adaptation and Global Gender Advisor. CARE is partner of WEDO and a member of the Global Gender and Climate Alliance. Blog originally posted here.
Doha, Qatar (November 30, 2012)– CARE’s Africa Climate Adaptation and Global Gender Advisor, Agnes Otzelberger, says a small decision in Doha could have big consequences for women facing the impacts of climate change.
Given that women make up half of the world’s population, and often bear the brunt …
WEDO at Work: Exploring breakthroughs for gender equality
by Madeleine Rubenstein, COP18 WEDO Team member
“We can use any desk that we sit at to move this agenda forward- change is difficult, but we can’t give up.” - Christiana Figueres, UNFCCC Executive Secretary
COP18 began on a high note for gender advocates, with the establishment of the an official UNFCCC ‘Gender Day’; a full day devoted to raising awareness of gender and climate change issues and celebrating women and the role they …
COP18 Intervention- Opening of LCA
November 27, 2012– Rachel Harris of WEDO made an intervention in the LCA-opening on behalf of the Women and Gender Consituency. She asked for equity to be at the heart of the climate regime and that we need to transform how we think about mitigation and adaptation to make the responses to climate change equitable, socially just and environmentally sound.
To read the intervention, click here.
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