Women’s Leadership
WEDO works to ensure women are empowered as decision-makers and leaders, especially in environmental and sustainable development arenas.
Across sectors and movements, WEDO has witnessed firsthand the power of women’s organizing and leadership for change – particularly in protecting and promoting a healthy, peaceful planet. Empowering women as leaders – from the personal and local to the highest decision-making levels – to advance gender equality and protect and promote a sustainable planet is a critical part of WEDO’s work.
WEDO joins in partnership with women’s organizations, networks, grassroots groups and activists, UN bodies and IGOs, government Ministries, parliamentarians, congresswomen and men, Heads of State and global thought leaders including academics and Nobel Laureates to promote women’s leadership. Across civil society, WEDO champions the vitality, diversity and influence of women’s organizing and movements – irreplaceable momentum toward justice and equality. And because WEDO’s goal is gender equality, WEDO proudly collaborates with men – some steadfast allies already and some seeking support to be able to become gender equality champions – toward the betterment of society as a whole.
Project in focus:
Since 2009, WEDO has been facilitating a special project at UNFCCC negotiations, the Women Delegates Fund (WDF). A project of the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA), with support from the Government of Finland, the WDF began as a travel fund to support women from the global South to be part of their national delegations to climate change negotiations. Responding to the delegates’ requests for more in-depth skills building and networking opportunities, WEDO has grown the WDF into a multi-dimensional capacity building program, with training components on thematic issues such as finance and adaptation, negotiating techniques, and media and communications. The WDF has contributed to an increase in women’s representation at the UNFCCC – the highest it has ever been, at 34% – and the substantive shift in understanding and integration of gender equality issues in climate change policy-making. Recently, the Government of Iceland had provided additional support to further enhance the scope of the program.
For more information on the WDF and WEDO’s other work to promote women’s leadership, contact bridget[at]wedo.org.
The Latest Women’s Leadership News
Billions of Drops in the Bucket: WEDO at CGI University
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NEW YORK (April 5, 2013)– WEDO’s ED Cate Owren is delighted to be heading to St. Louis, Missouri, this weekend to participate in the Clinton Global Initiative University annual conference. She will join a panel on Engaging Women in Water Solutions, highlighting the critical roles of women and men alike in natural resources management and conservation, and decision-making and initiatives, at all levels. All the more urgent and essential in the midst of a changing climate, …
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First UN DPI/NGO Youth-led Briefing “Raising and Empowering Youth to Break the Cycle of Violence Against Women and Children”
NEW YORK (March 26, 2013) - On Monday, March 25th, WEDO Youth representatives Mina Lee and Elysia Luo attended the first UN DPI/NGO Youth-led briefing on “Raising and Empowering Youth to Break the Cycle of Violence Against Women and Children”.
Background Information:
“Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls” has been the priority theme of this year’s 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). It is a theme …
CSW57- Women’s Organizations DEMAND States Commitment to Advance Women’s Human Rights
STATEMENT OF FEMINIST AND WOMEN’S ORGANISATIONS ON THE VERY ALARMING TRENDS IN THE NEGOTIATIONS OF OUTCOME DOCUMENT OF THE 57TH SESSION OF THE UN COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
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We, the undersigned organisations and individuals across the globe, are again concerned that the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is wavering in its commitment to advance women’s human rights as demonstrated in the constant negotiation of the …
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Young Feminists at CSW57
NEW YORK (March 7, 2013)– Last night, during CSW57, WEDO was excited to host a Young Feminist Meetup. With lots of engaging conversations and perspectives, as well as energy to find more formal channels for young feminists to organize and engage around CSW in the future, WEDO is planning to work with partners to hold a series of webinars around SDGs, Post-2015, etc. as well as host on online conversation on the newly …
Meet the Empower Women – Benefit (for) All team at CSW57
NEW YORK (March 3, 2013)– WEDO is proud to partner with WECF (Women in Europe for a Common Future) in the implementation of the Empower Women-Benefit (for) All (EWA) programme, which focuses on the economic and political empowerment of women from low-income rural and peri-urban regions in six developing countries (Afghanistan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, South Africa, Tajikistan, Uganda). WEDO, as a global women’s advocacy organization working on the intersections of women’s rights; social, economic and environmental justice; …
