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COP16- High Level SIDE EVENT: “Gender and Climate Change Finance: Empowering Women to lead in the New Green Economy”
[ December 9, 2010; 1:20 pm to 2:40 pm. ]
New York- On Thursday, December 9th during COP16 High Level Segment, the Governments of Mexico, Finland, and Grenada, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Food Programme and the Global Gender and Climate Change Alliance, will host a side event entitled “Gender and Climate Change Finance: Empowering Women to lead in the New Green Economy”.
This event will be made up of high-level leaders on gender and climate change from different sectors and regions, including government representatives, …
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COP16- SIDE EVENT: “Making Climate Finance Count for Women”
[ December 6, 2010; 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. ]
New York– On Monday, December 6th during COP16, OXFAM International (OI) in coordination with the Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA), will host a side event entitled “Making Climate Finance Count for Women”.
Climate change is making it harder for women to feed their families. Women are finding solutions to adapt. Climate finance must support women to adopt, and provide food for their communities. This side event will assess what decision must be made at …
COP16- SIDE EVENT: “The missing link to success: Women in REDD”
[ November 29, 2010; 1:20 pm to 2:40 pm. ]
New York– On Monday, November 29th during COP16, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with WEDO, WOCAN, and IUCN will host a side event entitled “The missing link to success: Women in REDD”. This event will examine how having a gender approach and women’s empowerment are essential to a successful implementation of REDD initiatives. Panelists include leaders of Tebtebba, IUCN, CARE, women’s groups managing community forests in Nepal, WOCAN and representatives …
Women and Gender Constituency Report 2010
The COP16 in Cancún, Mexico in 2010 led to an unprecedented eight references to gender and climate change in outcome text. However, there is still much work to be done to ensure that women’s perspectives and needs are incorporated into UNFCCC negotiations, agreements, plans, and actions. Leading the way is the Women and Gender Constituency, which works to make certain that human rights and the gender dimension of climate change are addressed at all levels …
