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YOUNG FEMINISTS at CSW57 Networking Meetup
[ March 6, 2013; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]
Hosted by the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), stop by to meet and network with other young feminists attending CSW and discuss issues around VAW, sustainable development, Post2015 and more!
YOUNG FEMINISTS at CSW57 Networking Meetup
Date: Wednesday, March 6th
Time: 7:00pm- 9:00pm
Place: Overlook Bar & Restaurant (2nd floor), 225 E. 44th Street, New York, NY.
RSVP to bridget@wedo.org
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Landmark Victory Against Shell Oil Giant: Niger Delta Women Urge Further Action
NEW YORK (February 4, 2013)– WEDO is pleased to share news from the Feminist Task Force on the courageous work of our colleagues and friends in the Niger Delta Women’s Movement for Peace and Development (NDWPD). Last Wednesday, January 30th, NDWPD marked the second landmark victory against global oil giant Shell, holding it responsible for the pollution of farmlands in rural Niger Delta.
This is a significant step towards holding polluters accountable, and a testament to the tenacity of the activism …
New Directions in Environmental Law Conference
[ March 2, 2013; ]
NEW YORK (February 3, 2013)– WEDO is excited to be participating in the 2013 New Directions in Environmental Law Conference on March 2, 2013 at Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut. This year’s conference, entitled The Power of Voice, will be the third in Yale Law’s New Directions in Environmental Law series and will build on momentum created over the past two years. The 2011 foundational conference, A Climate of Possibility, featured …
NEW: Report on Women’s Participation in the UNFCCC
New York, New York (December 14, 2012)– Especially in light of COP18 agreeing a new decision on promoting women’s participation in the UNFCCC, WEDO is proud to release its latest report highlighting statistics on women’s participation in the climate change process. This new reports looks in depth at women’s participation in the UNFCCC over the last 5 years, graphically portraying data on the overall percentage of women on national delegations, as Heads of Delegations and on …
Grains of Sand Can Move the World – Reflections on COP18
by Bridget Burns, WEDO Project and Communications Coordinator. At COP18, in addition to facilitating the WDF program and WEDO communications, Bridget worked in collaboration with several individuals to establish an active youth gender working group.
The culmination of any two-week-long multilateral negotiations, particularly around a complex, urgent and global issue such as climate change, is always followed by a period of reaction and reflection. Stakeholders at every level, across sectors and issues embedded in the …
