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Youth Action on Gender Equality and Approval of the Draft Decision on Gender at COP18
by Mimi Melles of the Time is Now Campaign and member of COP18 Youth Gender Working Group. Originally posted on Amplify.
Doha, Qatar (December 1, 2012)– Yesterday, we, the youth gender working group organized an action to push for the passage of a draft decision that would make monumental steps forward in ensuring gender-sensitive climate change policies and increased participation of women in United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations.
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Greater diversity the best way to gain climate consensus
Doha, Qatar (November 26, 2012)– Mairi Dupar reports the outcome of lively debate hosted by PwC and CDKN which addressed the question: Is international consensus on climate change the way to save the planet?
National delegations should more truly represent their countries, by bringing women’s, young people’s, indigenous and other marginalised voices to the fore. This was voted the best idea for building consensus in international climate change talks at an event hosted by …
WEDO Commits to Action at the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting!
NEW YORK (September 24, 2012)- Earlier this year, WEDO was proud and honored to have become a member of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). Yesterday, the 2012 CGI Annual Meeting (23- 25 Sept) began in New York City, and WEDO ED Cate Owren is there, along with a number of other leaders for women’s rights and a sustainable future. Uniquely focused on its vision for a just world that promotes and protects human rights, …
Gender Gap in Youth Green Jobs
by Kyle Gracey, Originally published at It’s Getting Hot In Here
UNITED STATES (September 7, 2012)- Right now, a lot of youth are fighting to stop the tar sands. A lot more are just trying to find a job. Last year, Michael Davidson and I wrote about our work to try to understand if green jobs could be youth jobs. The results were pretty good — young people were underrepresented in green job creation …
Rio+20 and the Social Media Fellow
by Alexis Curry, Communications Fellow at WEDO
I have a confession to make: before I started my Communications fellowship at WEDO in June, I didn’t use Twitter.
Let me clarify before all of those nonprofit organizations to which I’ve applied for jobs scold me for lying on my resume, which lists Twitter as one of my social media skills. Before I started at WEDO, I understood how Twitter worked. I knew about hashtags, handles and …
