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Celebration of Women’s Leadership at Rio+20
[ June 20, 2012; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] This celebration will be in memory of Marie Khan of the CBD Secretariat. We will award 10 women leaders for their leadership roles over the last 10 years. Awardees will represent diverse regions as well as levels of engagement, bringing voices together from the grassroots and highest national and international political levels. Invitees – The celebration will bring together over 100 “friends” of the co-hosts and award recipients, including high-level gender stewards and media representatives. Click here to download the invitation.
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Raising the Flag: Negotiation Skills Training & the Women Delegates Fund
BONN, GERMANY (May 27 2012)– Since WEDO began administering the Women Delegates Fund* (WDF) in 2009, a program to support and enhance the participation of women delegates in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process, a key component has been networking and capacity building. Inherent in this is an understanding that transforming representation and inclusiveness in global decision making processes has to be about more than simply bringing more people to the table. …
What does Eco-feminism mean to Rio+20? To young feminists?
by Bridget Burns, Project and Communications Coordinator (and Young Feminist Activist /Social Media Geek) at WEDO
During a recent video blog, my interviewer asked me a question on ecofeminism, and how WEDO defines ecofeminism. My inadequate response was basically trying to juxtaposition two types of ecofeminism, one which posits women’s innate relation to nature as mothers and caregivers and one which is focused on the socially constructed roles of women as natural resource managers …
Why Rio+20 Needs the Voices of Young Feminists
by Bridget Burns, Project and Communications Coordinator (and Social Media Geek) at WEDO
Just a few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to engage with a number of young feminists from around the world at the 2012 AWID Forum. Some of us had met before, mainly through social media, but among old and new acquaintances alike, there was an immediate sense of community, and a passion to find ways to connect our different social movements …
Women demand rights and ambition at Rio+20 Negotiations
On May 5th, 2012, WEDO’s Eleanor Blomstrom delivered closing remarks on behalf of the Women’s Major Group at the Rio+20 negotiation. Watch Eleanor deliver the intervention below and read the statement in full.
Thank you chair. Distinguished delegates and colleagues,
I am Eleanor Blomstrom, of the Women’s Environment and Development Organization, speaking on behalf of the Women’s Major Group.
We entered these negotiations urging ambition. Unfortunately, we leave urging the same.
Rio+20 must take a …
