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Financing for Climate Change: Gender Report
On April 21st, 2010, the Global Preparatory Meeting for the Annual Ministerial Review session of ESOSOC entitled “Financing for Climate Change: Gender Equality” met at the United Nations to discuss the placement of women’s empowerment and the concept of “gender as smart economics” at the center of deliberations on financing for climate change. Moderated by WEDO Executive Director Cate Owren, the event drew a multitude of dignified speakers, NGO representatives, and government delegations from the …
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Financing Climate Change: Gender Equality (21 April Panel at the UN)
[ April 21, 2010; 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. ]
New York, April 13, 2010 — WEDO will participate on an April 21st panel at the UN entitled Financing Climate Change: Gender Equality, with Cate Owren moderating and Rachel Harris addressing “What grass-roots women want: recommendations for action.” WEDO board member Soon-Young Yoon will speak on “Women in decision making: CEDAW and the Beijing Platform for Action.”
The panel is part of a larger programme taking place from 10am – 1pm on April 21 …
Join WEDO in urging UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to appoint women to the High-Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing (Update)
New York, March 10 — In response to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s recent appointment of an all-male High Level Advisory Board on Climate Change Financing, we have written the attached open letter expressing the need for women to be on the high level board. We invite you to add your organization’s name to the letter.
If you would like to sign your organization to this letter please send the name of your organization to rachel …
NEW! A Resource Kit: Climate Change Connections
New York–Climate Change Connections, a comprehensive resource kit on gender, population and climate change, was launched today by the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) and the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO).
The resource kit presents an overview of gender and climate change in the context of policy, finance, adaptation plans, best practices, and advocacy tools. It argues for a new convergence in thinking and practice that aligns the efforts of governments, aid organizations, and the general public, to ensure that women contribute to and benefit from equitable climate solutions.
UN Calls for Greater Role for Women in Climate Change Decision-making
New York, September 29– In a message to the high-level event on “Peace and Security through Women’s Leadership: Acting on 1325 and Climate Change,” organized in New York by Finland and Liberia, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on UN member States to give women a greater say in addressing climate change challenges as equal partners in global discussions.
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