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Making Our Voices Heard: Interventions at COP18
New York, New York (December 11, 2012)– Recognized as an official constituency of the UNFCCC in 2011, the Women and Gender Constituency works to ensure human rights and gender equality are incorporated into UNFCCC negotiations, agreements, plans and actions. The Constituency is currently comprised of eight* observer NGOs to the UNFCCC, some of whom are networks. Individuals and organisations engaged in women and gender issues who are not accredited to the UNFCCC are encouraged to work through accredited members …
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Climate talks adopt gender balance goal
By Megan Rowling, Thomson Reuters. Originally posted by Alertnet.
PHOTO: A woman and crosses a bridge with her child next to a tannery factory by the river Buriganga at Hazaribagh in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 12, 2012. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj
Doha, Qatar (December 9, 2012)- U.N. climate talks have approved a “gender balance” goal that would increase women’s participation in the negotiations, with experts hoping this will make climate change policy more responsive to women’s …
NGOs condemn Doha Climate Gateway as vague and weak
Doha, Qatar (December 8, 2012)– Civil society members deliver statements of dismay at the lack of political ambition in the outcome of the Doha Climate Conference. Watch below statements from a press conference on Saturday, December 8th from the Qatar National Convention Center and final interventions from civil society at the closing of COP18. Also below is the press release of CAN International, a global alliance of NGOs which WEDO is a member of.
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COP18 Intervention- High Level Plenary Statement
December 7, 2012- Andrea Quesada of WEDO summarized the demands of the women and gender constituency presented in previous interventions and thanked Parties for their support to gender equality. She urged Parties to continue on this track and commit to further gender-sensitive policies and propose actions to fully and effectively implement them.
To read the intervention, click here.
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Network of Women Ministers and Leaders of the Environment in Doha
Doha, Qatar (December 5, 2012) – The Network of Women Ministers and Leaders of the Environment (NWMLE) held a meeting on the occasion of the UNFCCC COP/CMP8 to bring together a diverse group of government, UN and civil society leaders in the environment sector. The NWMLE has been active since 2002, with an overall objective to promote gender responsive sustainable environmental management at regional and global levels and enhance representation and involvement of women in …
